The annual salary statistics of human resources managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of human resources 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 | $61,010 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $93,480 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $118,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $150,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $193,040 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources 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 $193,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $118,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $61,010.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $118,690 | -1.92% | -11.37% |
| 2018 | $120,970 | -3.36% | - |
| 2017 | $125,030 | -5.72% | - |
| 2016 | $132,180 | 21.99% | - |
| 2015 | $103,110 | -28.19% | - |
| 2012 | $132,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $118,690 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for human resources managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 26.8 percent (26.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 27.3 percent (27.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.