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Average Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan Salary in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA earn a median annual salary of $53,390, which is +21.8% compared to the national median. There are 440 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA (metro area).

$53,390
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA median annual wage
$26/hour median
+21.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $43,830
440
Local employment
2.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.14
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$47,000
25th
$51,750
Median
$53,390
75th
$58,580
90th
$62,750

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
108.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$49,073
Goods: 105.2%
Services: 149.8%
Rents: 151.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$65,820Compare1,100
Barnstable Town, MA$64,400Compare90
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$61,250Compare2,840
Vallejo, CA$61,190Compare120
Modesto, CA$60,500Compare300
Rochester, MN$59,560Compare200

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA has salary data for 448 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan are projected to change by -11.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 15,800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.