How much do Healthcare Social Workers make in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA?

Percentile spread

For Healthcare Social Workers, the published 10th percentile is $51,050 and the 90th percentile is $133,890. The difference is $82,840, which is 88.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $73,390 to the 75th at $102,940, covers $29,550.

The mean annual wage is $91,690, which sits below the median of $93,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA median is 37.3% higher than the national median of $67,880 for Healthcare Social Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,663, which is 26.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.9% higher than the California median of $89,660.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 108.798, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $93,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Healthcare Social Workers at $85,663 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Healthcare Social Workers. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ranks 4th of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 53 miles away, with a median of $87,570 and employment of 230. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,224, against $85,663 here.
• San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $133,340 and employment of 170. That median is 43.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $122,785, against $85,663 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 93 miles away, with a median of $77,450 and employment of 310. That median is 16.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,770, against $85,663 here.

Employment share

Healthcare Social Workers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA (150 of 200,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (187,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.