The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of highway maintenance 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 | $44,950 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,230 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $67,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance 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 $74,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,950.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $60,560 | 0.40% | 8.40% |
| 2021 | $60,320 | 8.85% | - |
| 2020 | $54,980 | -4.00% | - |
| 2019 | $57,180 | 4.18% | - |
| 2018 | $54,790 | -0.07% | - |
| 2017 | $54,830 | -1.17% | - |
| 2016 | $55,470 | 2.65% | - |
| 2015 | $54,000 | -2.72% | - |
| 2012 | $55,470 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,560 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 18.2 percent (18.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 34.6 percent (34.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.