The annual salary statistics of pipelayers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pipelayers 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 | $29,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,750 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $78,060 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $80,200 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pipelayers 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 $80,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,940.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pipelayers from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $59,260 | 6.92% | 2.29% |
| 2020 | $55,160 | 1.83% | - |
| 2019 | $54,150 | -6.93% | - |
| 2016 | $57,900 | 7.27% | - |
| 2015 | $53,690 | -7.84% | - |
| 2012 | $57,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,260 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for pipelayers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pipelayers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 19.8 percent (19.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 50.4 percent (50.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.