The annual salary statistics of lawyers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of lawyers 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 | $126,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $176,280 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $232,320 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | No Data |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $232,320. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $176,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $126,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $232,320 | 10.84% | 25.31% |
| 2019 | $207,130 | 7.82% | - |
| 2018 | $190,930 | 5.14% | - |
| 2017 | $181,120 | -1.65% | - |
| 2016 | $184,110 | 5.75% | - |
| 2012 | $173,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $232,320, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for lawyers in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $213,560). In comparison, the median annual salary of lawyers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 8.1 percent (8.1%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.