The annual salary statistics of photographers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of photographers 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 | $39,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,200 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,950 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,010 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for photographers 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 $104,010. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,950. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,280.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of photographers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $58,950 | 13.44% | 64.85% |
| 2020 | $51,030 | 7.05% | - |
| 2019 | $47,430 | 3.12% | - |
| 2018 | $45,950 | 54.91% | - |
| 2015 | $20,720 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $20,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,950 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for photographers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of photographers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 8.2 percent (8.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 66.2 percent (66.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.