The annual salary statistics of postal service clerks in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postal service clerks 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 | $39,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,130 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $68,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service clerks 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 $71,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $56,400 | 7.36% | -0.69% |
| 2021 | $52,250 | 4.00% | - |
| 2020 | $50,160 | 1.93% | - |
| 2019 | $49,190 | -22.18% | - |
| 2018 | $60,100 | 2.56% | - |
| 2017 | $58,560 | 3.02% | - |
| 2016 | $56,790 | 0.00% | - |
| 2015 | $56,790 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $56,790 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,400 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for postal service clerks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service clerks in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 17.4 percent (17.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 25.2 percent (25.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.