The annual salary statistics of agricultural and food science technicians in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of agricultural and food science technicians in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $35,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $75,580 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for agricultural and food science technicians in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $75,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,660.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of agricultural and food science technicians from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $53,230 | -4.55% | 25.38% |
| 2017 | $55,650 | 15.56% | - |
| 2016 | $46,990 | 9.51% | - |
| 2015 | $42,520 | 1.55% | - |
| 2014 | $41,860 | -1.98% | - |
| 2013 | $42,690 | 6.96% | - |
| 2012 | $39,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $53,230, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is the second highest paying city for agricultural and food science technicians in state of Massachusetts, following the highest paying city Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (median annual salary of $58,040). Compared with Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, the median annual salary of agricultural and food science technicians in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 8.3 percent (8.3%) lower.
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