The annual salary statistics of credit counselors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of credit counselors 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 | $39,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $52,780 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,230 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for credit counselors 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 $73,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,780.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of credit counselors from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $52,780 | -1.72% | 21.33% |
| 2019 | $53,690 | 12.74% | - |
| 2018 | $46,850 | 7.66% | - |
| 2017 | $43,260 | 4.02% | - |
| 2016 | $41,520 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $41,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $52,780 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for credit counselors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of credit counselors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 16.5 percent (16.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 25.0 percent (25.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.