The annual salary statistics of financial managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of financial managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $77,340 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $96,030 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $126,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $161,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for financial managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $161,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $126,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,340.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of financial managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $126,640 | 2.87% | 2.23% |
| 2018 | $123,010 | -5.18% | - |
| 2017 | $129,380 | 4.31% | - |
| 2016 | $123,810 | 1.94% | - |
| 2015 | $121,410 | -1.98% | - |
| 2012 | $123,810 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $126,640 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for financial managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of financial managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 27.7 percent (27.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 38.3 percent (38.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.