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Civil Engineer Salary in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California

The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineers in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Civil Engineers in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$78,660
25th Percentile Wage
$88,300
50th Percentile Wage
$104,600
75th Percentile Wage
$125,660
90th Percentile Wage
$177,750

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineers in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $177,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $78,660.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$104,600
3.08% 8.33%
2013
$101,380
5.42% -
2012
$95,890
- -

Table 2. Compare Civil Engineer Salary in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,600 in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta is 16.8 percent (16.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 24.8 percent (24.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Centro.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$125,700
Redding
$116,290
Fresno
$115,840
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$115,840
Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$114,180
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$114,170
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$110,980
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$108,890
Yuba City
$107,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$107,590
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$107,260
Modesto
$106,550
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$105,700
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$104,600
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$103,810
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$103,560
Napa
$103,500
Vallejo-Fairfield
$103,290
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$103,150
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$103,130
Stockton
$102,970
Madera-Chowchilla
$102,810
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$102,440
Salinas
$102,170
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$101,920
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$99,990
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$97,940
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$96,920
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$96,540
Visalia-Porterville
$96,510
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$95,150
Bakersfield-Delano
$92,380
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$91,410
Chico
$88,940
Merced
$85,680
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$84,180
Hanford-Corcoran
$83,040
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$80,570
El Centro
$78,630