The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fast food cooks 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 | $29,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,280 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks 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 $36,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,520.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $33,230 | 7.61% | 29.94% |
| 2021 | $30,700 | 3.26% | - |
| 2020 | $29,700 | 13.37% | - |
| 2019 | $25,730 | 4.24% | - |
| 2018 | $24,640 | 3.81% | - |
| 2017 | $23,700 | 1.77% | - |
| 2016 | $23,280 | 4.90% | - |
| 2015 | $22,140 | -5.15% | - |
| 2012 | $23,280 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,230 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 12.0 percent (12.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 43.0 percent (43.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.