The annual salary statistics of nurse practitioners in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of nurse practitioners 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 | $119,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $123,930 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $134,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $154,990 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $170,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nurse practitioners 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 $170,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $134,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $119,560.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of nurse practitioners from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $134,670 | 6.88% | 25.13% |
| 2021 | $125,400 | -8.90% | - |
| 2020 | $136,560 | 5.07% | - |
| 2019 | $129,640 | -2.72% | - |
| 2018 | $133,160 | 9.01% | - |
| 2017 | $121,160 | 16.78% | - |
| 2016 | $100,830 | -9.74% | - |
| 2015 | $110,650 | 8.87% | - |
| 2012 | $100,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $134,670 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for nurse practitioners in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of nurse practitioners in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 36.2 percent (36.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 28.4 percent (28.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.