The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of short order 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 | $31,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,270 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $46,270. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,200.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $35,870 | 11.46% | 15.83% |
| 2021 | $31,760 | 1.86% | - |
| 2020 | $31,170 | 4.52% | - |
| 2019 | $29,760 | -0.50% | - |
| 2018 | $29,910 | 2.67% | - |
| 2017 | $29,110 | -3.71% | - |
| 2016 | $30,190 | 27.79% | - |
| 2015 | $21,800 | -38.49% | - |
| 2012 | $30,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,870 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 11.7 percent (11.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 43.4 percent (43.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.