The annual salary statistics of tax preparers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of tax preparers 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 | $31,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,550 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,200 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tax preparers 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 $82,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,550. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,630.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tax preparers from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $38,550 | -65.45% | -46.93% |
| 2020 | $63,780 | 30.53% | - |
| 2019 | $44,310 | -23.56% | - |
| 2018 | $54,750 | 4.04% | - |
| 2017 | $52,540 | -7.80% | - |
| 2016 | $56,640 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $56,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,550 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for tax preparers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of tax preparers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 52.8 percent (52.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward and 40.2 percent (40.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Madera-Chowchilla.