The annual salary statistics of anthropologists and archeologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of anthropologists and archeologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $38,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $80,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $105,480 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for anthropologists and archeologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $105,480. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of anthropologists and archeologists from 2012 to 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $59,360 | -7.13% | -40.48% |
| 2015 | $63,590 | 1.84% | - |
| 2014 | $62,420 | -3.68% | - |
| 2013 | $64,720 | -28.85% | - |
| 2012 | $83,390 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,360 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for anthropologists and archeologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of anthropologists and archeologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 21.2 percent (21.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 37.9 percent (37.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.