The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of lawyers 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 | $79,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $105,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $139,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $177,740 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $236,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers 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 $236,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $139,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $139,230 | 4.45% | 15.11% |
| 2021 | $133,030 | 10.63% | - |
| 2020 | $118,890 | 6.33% | - |
| 2019 | $111,360 | -2.16% | - |
| 2018 | $113,770 | -5.60% | - |
| 2017 | $120,140 | 1.62% | - |
| 2016 | $118,190 | -5.71% | - |
| 2015 | $124,940 | 5.40% | - |
| 2012 | $118,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $139,230 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 40.1 percent (40.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 41.7 percent (41.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.