The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of commercial pilots 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 | $64,340 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $131,410 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $152,020 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots 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 $152,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,340.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $96,430 | 17.03% | 37.02% |
| 2021 | $80,010 | -49.13% | - |
| 2019 | $119,320 | 46.61% | - |
| 2018 | $63,700 | 4.66% | - |
| 2017 | $60,730 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,430 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 39.4 percent (39.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 61.8 percent (61.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.