The annual salary statistics of surveyors in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of surveyors 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 | $55,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,710 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $104,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $130,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $145,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surveyors 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 $145,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,160.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surveyors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $104,310 | 1.58% | 21.37% |
| 2021 | $102,660 | 1.11% | - |
| 2020 | $101,520 | 13.17% | - |
| 2019 | $88,150 | -0.15% | - |
| 2018 | $88,280 | 2.25% | - |
| 2017 | $86,290 | 5.09% | - |
| 2016 | $81,900 | 1.61% | - |
| 2015 | $80,580 | -2.59% | - |
| 2014 | $82,670 | 2.04% | - |
| 2013 | $80,980 | -1.28% | - |
| 2012 | $82,020 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,310 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for surveyors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surveyors in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 13.8 percent (13.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville and 55.3 percent (55.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.