The annual salary statistics of surveyors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of surveyors 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 | $57,100 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,340 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $99,020 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $124,100 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,890 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surveyors 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 $128,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,020. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,100.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surveyors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $99,020 | 18.51% | 21.05% |
| 2021 | $80,690 | -22.43% | - |
| 2018 | $98,790 | 5.52% | - |
| 2017 | $93,340 | 16.24% | - |
| 2016 | $78,180 | -0.51% | - |
| 2015 | $78,580 | 0.51% | - |
| 2012 | $78,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,020 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for surveyors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surveyors in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 18.2 percent (18.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville and 52.9 percent (52.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.