The annual salary statistics of human resources specialists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of human resources specialists 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 | $45,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,340 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $75,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,040 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $131,930 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources specialists 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 $131,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $75,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources specialists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $75,670 | 6.59% | 14.63% |
| 2021 | $70,680 | 5.70% | - |
| 2020 | $66,650 | -1.74% | - |
| 2019 | $67,810 | -3.50% | - |
| 2018 | $70,180 | 4.96% | - |
| 2017 | $66,700 | 3.15% | - |
| 2016 | $64,600 | 9.50% | - |
| 2015 | $58,460 | -10.50% | - |
| 2012 | $64,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $75,670 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for human resources specialists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources specialists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 21.5 percent (21.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.1 percent (37.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.