The annual salary statistics of travel agents in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of travel agents in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $36,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $44,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,630 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $72,320 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for travel agents in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $72,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of travel agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $57,630 | 1.89% | 33.85% |
| 2021 | $56,540 | -20.06% | - |
| 2020 | $67,880 | 33.12% | - |
| 2019 | $45,400 | 5.64% | - |
| 2018 | $42,840 | 14.96% | - |
| 2017 | $36,430 | -5.35% | - |
| 2016 | $38,380 | 12.90% | - |
| 2015 | $33,430 | -9.09% | - |
| 2014 | $36,470 | -8.97% | - |
| 2013 | $39,740 | 4.08% | - |
| 2012 | $38,120 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $57,630, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for travel agents in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $62,320). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of travel agents in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 7.5 percent (7.5%) lower.