The annual salary statistics of editors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of editors 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 | $37,540 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,230 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $65,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $91,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $125,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for editors 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 $125,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $65,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,540.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of editors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $65,460 | 6.25% | 31.78% |
| 2021 | $61,370 | -1.48% | - |
| 2020 | $62,280 | -10.69% | - |
| 2019 | $68,940 | 11.23% | - |
| 2018 | $61,200 | -7.79% | - |
| 2017 | $65,970 | 32.30% | - |
| 2016 | $44,660 | -9.25% | - |
| 2015 | $48,790 | 8.46% | - |
| 2012 | $44,660 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $65,460 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for editors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of editors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 36.5 percent (36.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 41.0 percent (41.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.