The annual salary statistics of construction laborers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of construction laborers 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 | $35,220 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,750 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,250 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $59,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for construction laborers 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 $76,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,220.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of construction laborers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $46,250 | -1.54% | 15.24% |
| 2021 | $46,960 | -5.73% | - |
| 2020 | $49,650 | 5.46% | - |
| 2019 | $46,940 | 11.91% | - |
| 2018 | $41,350 | 4.86% | - |
| 2017 | $39,340 | 0.36% | - |
| 2016 | $39,200 | -8.75% | - |
| 2015 | $42,630 | 8.05% | - |
| 2012 | $39,200 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,250 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for construction laborers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of construction laborers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 22.7 percent (22.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 29.5 percent (29.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.