The annual salary statistics of pharmacy technicians in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pharmacy technicians 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 | $36,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,990 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,270 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pharmacy technicians 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 $65,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,200.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pharmacy technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,990 | 4.33% | 17.17% |
| 2021 | $46,870 | -3.67% | - |
| 2020 | $48,590 | -0.31% | - |
| 2019 | $48,740 | 5.70% | - |
| 2018 | $45,960 | 4.35% | - |
| 2017 | $43,960 | 7.69% | - |
| 2016 | $40,580 | -2.14% | - |
| 2015 | $41,450 | 2.10% | - |
| 2012 | $40,580 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,990 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for pharmacy technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pharmacy technicians in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 16.5 percent (16.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 29.7 percent (29.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.