Salinas vs. Santa Maria
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 45-2092
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Salinas's median is 1.3% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Salinas's median $36,700 buys $33,700 at national prices (price parity 109.0); Santa Maria's $36,230 buys $33,300 (108.8).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Santa Maria against Salinas.
| Salinas | Santa Maria | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 26,830 | 11,020 | −58.9% |
| 10th percentile | $35,140 | $34,320 | −2.3% |
| 25th percentile | $35,920 | $35,550 | −1.0% |
| Median | $36,700 | $36,230 | −1.3% |
| 75th percentile | $42,060 | $39,520 | −6.0% |
| 90th percentile | $47,450 | $41,860 | −11.8% |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Full pages
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Salinas · Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Santa Maria
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