The annual salary statistics of interior designers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of interior designers 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 | $45,790 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,420 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $61,950 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $99,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for interior designers 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 $99,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,950. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,790.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of interior designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $61,950 | 1.94% | 14.46% |
| 2021 | $60,750 | -8.74% | - |
| 2019 | $66,060 | 18.71% | - |
| 2018 | $53,700 | 6.70% | - |
| 2017 | $50,100 | -5.77% | - |
| 2016 | $52,990 | -11.61% | - |
| 2015 | $59,140 | 10.40% | - |
| 2012 | $52,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $61,950 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for interior designers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of interior designers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 29.8 percent (29.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 21.4 percent (21.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Vallejo-Fairfield.