The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of medical assistants 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 | $35,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $43,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $61,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants 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 $61,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $43,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $43,360 | 11.74% | 15.73% |
| 2021 | $38,270 | 4.21% | - |
| 2020 | $36,660 | 2.18% | - |
| 2019 | $35,860 | 5.72% | - |
| 2018 | $33,810 | -8.96% | - |
| 2017 | $36,840 | 0.81% | - |
| 2016 | $36,540 | 1.07% | - |
| 2015 | $36,150 | -1.08% | - |
| 2012 | $36,540 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $43,360 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for medical assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical assistants in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 39.3 percent (39.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 25.2 percent (25.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.