The annual salary statistics of food service managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of food service 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 | $36,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,700 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $75,820 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $93,610 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food service managers 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 $93,610. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food service managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $60,700 | 6.72% | 16.08% |
| 2018 | $56,620 | -1.32% | - |
| 2017 | $57,370 | 11.21% | - |
| 2016 | $50,940 | 7.32% | - |
| 2015 | $47,210 | -7.90% | - |
| 2012 | $50,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,700 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for food service managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food service managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 14.3 percent (14.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 35.4 percent (35.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.