The annual salary statistics of bartenders in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of bartenders 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 | $29,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,130 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,320 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $47,480 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bartenders 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 $47,480. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,440.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bartenders from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $31,600 | 3.80% | 18.26% |
| 2021 | $30,400 | 4.61% | - |
| 2020 | $29,000 | 11.10% | - |
| 2019 | $25,780 | 4.54% | - |
| 2018 | $24,610 | 1.71% | - |
| 2017 | $24,190 | -6.78% | - |
| 2016 | $25,830 | -12.70% | - |
| 2015 | $29,110 | 11.27% | - |
| 2012 | $25,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,600 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for bartenders in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of bartenders in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 13.7 percent (13.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.7 percent (36.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.