The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of healthcare social workers 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 | $52,020 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,790 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $117,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social workers 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 $117,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,020.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $80,790 | 3.63% | 22.14% |
| 2021 | $77,860 | 25.61% | - |
| 2020 | $57,920 | -10.41% | - |
| 2019 | $63,950 | -8.10% | - |
| 2018 | $69,130 | -1.97% | - |
| 2017 | $70,490 | 10.77% | - |
| 2016 | $62,900 | 11.91% | - |
| 2015 | $55,410 | -13.52% | - |
| 2012 | $62,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $80,790 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 29.9 percent (29.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 62.5 percent (62.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.