The annual salary statistics of physical therapist assistants in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physical therapist assistants 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 | $52,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $64,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,530 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $90,250 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,690 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physical therapist assistants 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 $104,690. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physical therapist assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,530 | 1.86% | 26.42% |
| 2021 | $78,050 | 14.00% | - |
| 2020 | $67,120 | -2.94% | - |
| 2019 | $69,090 | 7.73% | - |
| 2018 | $63,750 | -5.46% | - |
| 2017 | $67,230 | 12.96% | - |
| 2016 | $58,520 | -7.48% | - |
| 2015 | $62,900 | 6.96% | - |
| 2012 | $58,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,530 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for physical therapist assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physical therapist assistants in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 16.5 percent (16.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 32.0 percent (32.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.