The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical transcriptionists 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 | $29,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $32,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists 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 $32,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical transcriptionists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $29,120 | 0.00% | 32.73% |
| 2021 | $29,120 | -5.08% | - |
| 2020 | $30,600 | 0.62% | - |
| 2019 | $30,410 | 15.95% | - |
| 2018 | $25,560 | 23.36% | - |
| 2015 | $19,590 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $19,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,120 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for medical transcriptionists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical transcriptionists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 44.1 percent (44.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Chico and 35.7 percent (35.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.