The annual salary statistics of chemists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of chemists 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 | $43,060 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $75,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $99,270 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $119,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemists 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 $119,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $75,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,060.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chemists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $75,600 | -0.87% | 18.93% |
| 2021 | $76,260 | 5.74% | - |
| 2020 | $71,880 | 13.51% | - |
| 2019 | $62,170 | -4.34% | - |
| 2018 | $64,870 | -0.60% | - |
| 2017 | $65,260 | 6.08% | - |
| 2016 | $61,290 | -6.89% | - |
| 2015 | $65,510 | 6.44% | - |
| 2012 | $61,290 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $75,600 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for chemists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of chemists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 30.7 percent (30.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 43.3 percent (43.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.