The annual salary statistics of civil engineering technicians in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineering technicians 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 | $59,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $74,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $80,580 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $101,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineering technicians 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 $101,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $74,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,310.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $74,330 | -3.05% | 5.37% |
| 2021 | $76,600 | 16.28% | - |
| 2020 | $64,130 | -10.56% | - |
| 2019 | $70,900 | 1.50% | - |
| 2018 | $69,840 | -1.12% | - |
| 2017 | $70,620 | 0.40% | - |
| 2016 | $70,340 | -3.14% | - |
| 2015 | $72,550 | 3.05% | - |
| 2012 | $70,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $74,330 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for civil engineering technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineering technicians in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 23.1 percent (23.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 19.3 percent (19.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.