The annual salary statistics of medical equipment preparers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical equipment preparers 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 | $39,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,680 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,010 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical equipment preparers 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 $64,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,200.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical equipment preparers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $58,010 | 15.70% | 28.13% |
| 2021 | $48,900 | 13.33% | - |
| 2020 | $42,380 | -1.13% | - |
| 2019 | $42,860 | -2.10% | - |
| 2018 | $43,760 | 5.23% | - |
| 2017 | $41,470 | -0.53% | - |
| 2016 | $41,690 | 2.59% | - |
| 2015 | $40,610 | -2.66% | - |
| 2012 | $41,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,010 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for medical equipment preparers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical equipment preparers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 25.6 percent (25.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 35.7 percent (35.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.