The annual salary statistics of other social workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of other social 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 | $38,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $64,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $100,230 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $106,450 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other social 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 $106,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $84,090 | 6.71% | 28.46% |
| 2021 | $78,450 | 37.41% | - |
| 2020 | $49,100 | 3.42% | - |
| 2019 | $47,420 | -57.28% | - |
| 2018 | $74,580 | 19.07% | - |
| 2017 | $60,360 | 0.33% | - |
| 2016 | $60,160 | 3.24% | - |
| 2015 | $58,210 | -3.35% | - |
| 2012 | $60,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $84,090 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for other social workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other social workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 15.0 percent (15.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Rosa-Petaluma and 59.3 percent (59.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.