The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of industrial engineers 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 | $76,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $93,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $107,220 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $132,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $164,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers 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 $164,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $107,220. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $76,960.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $107,220 | 6.68% | 3.85% |
| 2021 | $100,060 | -4.96% | - |
| 2020 | $105,020 | 1.52% | - |
| 2019 | $103,420 | 0.54% | - |
| 2018 | $102,860 | 1.29% | - |
| 2017 | $101,530 | -1.54% | - |
| 2016 | $103,090 | 4.32% | - |
| 2015 | $98,640 | -4.51% | - |
| 2012 | $103,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $107,220 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for industrial engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial engineers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 16.7 percent (16.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 28.7 percent (28.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.