The annual salary statistics of physicists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of physicists 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 | $103,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $118,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $139,650 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $171,390 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $218,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicists 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 $218,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $139,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $103,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physicists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $139,650 | 49.04% | 52.23% |
| 2018 | $71,160 | 11.73% | - |
| 2017 | $62,810 | -6.21% | - |
| 2016 | $66,710 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $66,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $139,650 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for physicists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physicists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 18.9 percent (18.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 42.0 percent (42.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale.