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Selected Metro AreaSanta Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

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448

$82,424

Psychiatrists leads this metro area with an average annual salary of $308,940.

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has one of the largest employment totals in this metro area with 11,720 jobs.

Average annual salary for the highest-paying occupations in this metro area.

Total employment for the occupations with the broadest job base in this metro area.

Ranked by average annual salary for detailed occupations in this metro area.

#	Job Title	Average Salary	Hourly Wage	Total Jobs
1	Psychiatrists	$308,940	$148.53	0
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$301,320	$144.86	0
3	Chief Executives	$249,980	$120.19	380
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$204,380	$98.26	760
5	Physicians, All Other	$201,180	$96.72	0
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$193,700	$93.12	330
7	Lawyers	$188,220	$90.49	600
8	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$182,140	$0.00	80
9	Financial Managers	$180,890	$86.96	730
10	Marketing Managers	$179,490	$86.29	360
11	Computer Hardware Engineers	$173,640	$83.48	160
12	Managers, All Other	$168,800	$81.16	910
13	Nurse Practitioners	$167,590	$80.57	210
14	Database Architects	$167,530	$80.54	30
15	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$167,250	$0.00	40
16	Pharmacists	$165,500	$79.57	260
17	Human Resources Managers	$165,370	$79.51	220
18	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$164,070	$0.00	40
19	Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$163,830	$0.00	90
20	Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	$163,790	$0.00	40

Ranked by total employment to show the occupations with the largest workforce in this metro area.

#	Job Title	Total Jobs	Average Salary	Hourly Wage
1	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	11,720	$39,340	$18.91
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,870	$38,930	$18.72
3	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	5,710	$36,400	$17.50
4	Cashiers	4,420	$38,260	$18.40
5	Retail Salespersons	4,160	$41,470	$19.94
6	Office Clerks, General	3,810	$56,470	$27.15
7	Waiters and Waitresses	3,710	$41,080	$19.75
8	General and Operations Managers	3,440	$135,730	$65.26
9	Registered Nurses	3,140	$131,890	$63.41
10	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,890	$42,530	$20.45
11	Stockers and Order Fillers	2,440	$41,130	$19.77
12	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,340	$44,930	$21.60
13	Cooks, Restaurant	2,320	$42,890	$20.62
14	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,190	$42,460	$20.41
15	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,120	$45,950	$0.00
16	Software Developers	2,030	$160,920	$77.37
17	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,980	$55,570	$26.72
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,970	$54,750	$26.32
19	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,910	$90,680	$0.00
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,800	$59,990	$28.84