The annual salary statistics of real estate sales agents in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of real estate sales agents in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 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 | $30,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $44,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $68,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for real estate sales agents in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $78,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of real estate sales agents from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 2-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $55,390 | 0.00% | 3.48% |
| 2013 | $55,390 | 3.48% | - |
| 2012 | $53,460 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,390 in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta is in the middle of salary range for real estate sales agents in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of real estate sales agents in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta is 38.4 percent (38.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 47.4 percent (47.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.