The annual salary statistics of sheet metal workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sheet metal workers 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 | $37,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,840 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $62,380 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $89,410 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $108,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sheet metal workers 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 $108,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $62,380. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,080.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sheet metal workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $62,380 | -1.25% | -33.87% |
| 2021 | $63,160 | 12.98% | - |
| 2020 | $54,960 | 9.68% | - |
| 2019 | $49,640 | 1.15% | - |
| 2018 | $49,070 | -39.58% | - |
| 2017 | $68,490 | -21.93% | - |
| 2015 | $83,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $62,380 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for sheet metal workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sheet metal workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 39.7 percent (39.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 30.7 percent (30.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Madera-Chowchilla.