The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 | $39,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $69,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $84,600 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 $84,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $55,000 | -3.56% | 24.09% |
| 2021 | $56,960 | 21.47% | - |
| 2020 | $44,730 | 9.99% | - |
| 2019 | $40,260 | -11.60% | - |
| 2018 | $44,930 | -1.31% | - |
| 2017 | $45,520 | 4.79% | - |
| 2016 | $43,340 | -3.00% | - |
| 2015 | $44,640 | 0.38% | - |
| 2014 | $44,470 | 3.08% | - |
| 2013 | $43,100 | 3.13% | - |
| 2012 | $41,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $55,000, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of California, following the highest paying city Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville (median annual salary of $57,720). Compared with Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 4.7 percent (4.7%) lower.