The annual salary statistics of printing press operators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of printing press operators 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 | $30,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,700 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,250 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $53,940 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for printing press operators 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 $53,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of printing press operators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $38,270 | 3.37% | 16.64% |
| 2021 | $36,980 | 1.49% | - |
| 2020 | $36,430 | 2.00% | - |
| 2019 | $35,700 | 7.14% | - |
| 2018 | $33,150 | 2.26% | - |
| 2017 | $32,400 | 1.54% | - |
| 2016 | $31,900 | -4.92% | - |
| 2015 | $33,470 | 4.69% | - |
| 2012 | $31,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,270 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for printing press operators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of printing press operators in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 26.8 percent (26.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Napa and 34.0 percent (34.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.