The annual salary statistics of lodging managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of lodging managers 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 | $49,530 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $88,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $100,930 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $142,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lodging managers 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 $142,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $88,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,530.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lodging managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $88,110 | 1.66% | 37.03% |
| 2018 | $86,650 | -1.55% | - |
| 2017 | $87,990 | 36.95% | - |
| 2016 | $55,480 | 7.05% | - |
| 2015 | $51,570 | -7.58% | - |
| 2012 | $55,480 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $88,110, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is the second highest paying city for lodging managers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $91,740). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of lodging managers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 4.0 percent (4.0%) lower.