The annual salary statistics of industrial machinery mechanics in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of industrial machinery mechanics 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 | $35,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,410 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,160 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $89,230 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial machinery mechanics 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 $89,230. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial machinery mechanics from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $60,410 | -1.47% | -2.48% |
| 2021 | $61,300 | -1.31% | - |
| 2020 | $62,100 | -8.52% | - |
| 2019 | $67,390 | 2.20% | - |
| 2018 | $65,910 | 3.38% | - |
| 2017 | $63,680 | 2.78% | - |
| 2016 | $61,910 | 3.33% | - |
| 2015 | $59,850 | -3.44% | - |
| 2012 | $61,910 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,410 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for industrial machinery mechanics in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial machinery mechanics in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 24.1 percent (24.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 22.7 percent (22.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.