The annual salary statistics of advertising sales agents in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of advertising sales agents in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 | $32,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $69,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $111,160 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $140,660 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for advertising sales agents in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $140,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $69,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,560.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of advertising sales agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $69,990 | 15.87% | 18.10% |
| 2021 | $58,880 | 35.67% | - |
| 2020 | $37,880 | -37.54% | - |
| 2019 | $52,100 | 7.91% | - |
| 2018 | $47,980 | -5.04% | - |
| 2017 | $50,400 | -13.73% | - |
| 2016 | $57,320 | -3.51% | - |
| 2015 | $59,330 | 3.39% | - |
| 2012 | $57,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $69,990, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is the second highest paying city for advertising sales agents in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $74,430). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of advertising sales agents in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 6.0 percent (6.0%) lower.