The annual salary statistics of legislators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of legislators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $26,340 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $59,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $130,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for legislators 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 $130,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,340.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of legislators from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $39,230 | -14.68% | -10.55% |
| 2018 | $44,990 | 9.00% | - |
| 2017 | $40,940 | -5.94% | - |
| 2016 | $43,370 | -0.97% | - |
| 2015 | $43,790 | 0.96% | - |
| 2012 | $43,370 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,230 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for legislators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of legislators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 65.8 percent (65.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Bakersfield-Delano and 28.7 percent (28.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.