The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of materials engineers 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 | $45,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $69,590 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $99,370 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $112,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $149,470 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers 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 $149,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $99,370 | -3.03% | 31.79% |
| 2019 | $102,380 | 23.28% | - |
| 2017 | $78,550 | 13.71% | - |
| 2016 | $67,780 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $67,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,370 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for materials engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of materials engineers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 27.3 percent (27.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 10.2 percent (10.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City.