The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of surgical technologists 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 | $48,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,310 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists 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 $85,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surgical technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,000 | 1.55% | 9.83% |
| 2021 | $63,010 | 3.29% | - |
| 2020 | $60,940 | -7.30% | - |
| 2019 | $65,390 | 6.87% | - |
| 2018 | $60,900 | 0.66% | - |
| 2017 | $60,500 | 4.61% | - |
| 2016 | $57,710 | 8.91% | - |
| 2015 | $52,570 | -9.78% | - |
| 2012 | $57,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,000 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for surgical technologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surgical technologists in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 24.6 percent (24.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 27.8 percent (27.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.