The annual salary statistics of transportation security screeners in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of transportation security screeners 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 | $38,950 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,940 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $49,330 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $52,740 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transportation security screeners 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 $52,740. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,950.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of transportation security screeners from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $44,940 | 4.74% | 9.75% |
| 2019 | $42,810 | 0.49% | - |
| 2018 | $42,600 | 2.09% | - |
| 2017 | $41,710 | 2.76% | - |
| 2016 | $40,560 | -3.45% | - |
| 2015 | $41,960 | 3.34% | - |
| 2012 | $40,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,940 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is in the middle of salary range for transportation security screeners in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of transportation security screeners in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara is 20.3 percent (20.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 25.2 percent (25.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bakersfield-Delano.