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Editors Salary in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California

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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Editors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California

Percentile BracketAverage 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.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of editors from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-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
- -

Table 2. Compare Editors Salary in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara with Other California Cities

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.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$103,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$96,730
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$84,410
Vallejo-Fairfield
$82,020
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$79,000
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$74,280
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$69,030
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$68,820
Stockton
$68,270
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$68,180
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$67,110
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$65,460
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$63,930
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$63,430
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$62,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$62,280
Salinas
$61,760
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$61,210
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$59,430
Bakersfield-Delano
$55,550
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$54,280
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$53,110
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$50,560
Fresno
$50,540
Modesto
$45,920
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$45,310
Chico
$38,760
Visalia-Porterville
$38,640

See also: Top paying jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California.