How much do Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists make in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA?

Percentile spread

For Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, the published 10th percentile is $91,780 and the 90th percentile is $151,700. The difference is $59,920, which is 47.7% 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 $99,280 to the 75th at $140,840, covers $41,560.

The mean annual wage is $122,160, which sits below the median of $125,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA median is 31.6% higher than the national median of $95,480 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $115,498, which is 21% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% higher than the California median of $124,000.

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 $125,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists at $115,498 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ranks 2nd of 6 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 $86,050 and employment of 50. That median is 31.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,849, against $115,498 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 93 miles away, with a median of $98,550 and employment of 60. That median is 21.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,685, against $115,498 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $109,800 and employment of 1,290. That median is 12.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $96,684, against $115,498 here.

Employment share

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA (30 of 200,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (43,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.54 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.