The annual salary statistics of petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $88,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $88,520 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $88,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $134,910 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $201,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $201,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $88,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $88,520.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of petroleum engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $88,560 | -84.96% | -35.70% |
| 2021 | $163,800 | 25.69% | - |
| 2017 | $121,720 | 2.25% | - |
| 2016 | $118,980 | 2.99% | - |
| 2015 | $115,420 | -0.62% | - |
| 2014 | $116,130 | 1.44% | - |
| 2013 | $114,460 | -5.00% | - |
| 2012 | $120,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $88,560 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for petroleum engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 46.3 percent (46.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 16.0 percent (16.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | |
| Bakersfield-Delano | |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario |