How much do Interpreters and Translators make in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA?

Percentile spread

For Interpreters and Translators, the published 10th percentile is $51,610 and the 90th percentile is $142,960. The difference is $91,350, which is 110.8% 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 $69,900 to the 75th at $114,050, covers $44,150.

The mean annual wage is $92,880, which sits above the median of $82,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA median is 37% higher than the national median of $60,170 for Interpreters and Translators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,773, which is 25.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.5% higher than the California median of $70,770.

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 $82,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Interpreters and Translators at $75,773 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Interpreters and Translators. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ranks 2nd of 9 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 $75,920 and employment of 70. That median is 7.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,685, against $75,773 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 93 miles away, with a median of $63,900 and employment of 50. That median is 22.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,339, against $75,773 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $69,460 and employment of 1,480. That median is 15.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,163, against $75,773 here.

Employment share

Interpreters and Translators accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA (70 of 200,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.04 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.