General Internal Medicine Physicians Salary — Santa Maria, California

The average General Internal Medicine Physicians in Santa Maria, California earns $203,740 a year.

$203,740 / year, mean
↓ 15.3% below national average 18th percentile in California

Santa Maria pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for general internal medicine physicians, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
150
Estimate confidence
RSE 14.2%
Cost of living 109 #14 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,005,339 #4 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $95,977 #18 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Santa Maria ranks #14 for cost of living and #4 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

South Bend $424,610 Lafayette $412,650 Deltona $367,040 York $364,040 Santa Cruz $350,220 Orlando $345,480 San Francisco $337,770 Muncie $337,290 Bloomington $334,900 Harrisburg $329,750 Springfield $329,430 Huntington $327,030 Seattle $326,410 Oxnard $314,020 Sacramento $312,780 Louisville $312,640 San Jose $306,970 Roanoke $305,190 Indianapolis $303,200 Allentown $297,880 Ithaca $295,020 Pittsburgh $293,820 Baltimore $291,060 Portland $289,770 San Diego $289,630 Syracuse $284,220 Los Angeles $276,260 Austin $264,190 Dallas $263,370 Houston $263,180 College Station $262,940 El Paso $262,520 Homosassa Springs $262,390 Tampa $259,950 Hagerstown $259,670 San Luis Obispo $258,160 Lexington Park $257,150 Port St. Lucie $256,410 Chicago $251,910 Naples $247,710 Sarasota $246,420 Visalia $241,950 Jacksonville $241,870 Grand Rapids $238,630 San Antonio $233,510 Buffalo $220,800 Lexington $220,790 Binghamton $208,590 Kiryas Joel $207,380 Glens Falls $205,860 Miami $204,860 Corpus Christi $203,850 Santa Maria $203,740 New York $194,860 Philadelphia $191,410 Riverside $188,610 Charleston $184,940 Salisbury $184,790 Detroit $184,440 Albany $178,780 Watertown $173,280 Rochester $164,480 Rockford $129,990 Odessa $103,790 Champaign $103,340 Tyler $76,670
CityMean salaryvs. Santa Maria
Albany, New York$178,780-12.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$297,880+46.2%
Austin, Texas$264,190+29.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$291,060+42.9%
Binghamton, New York$208,590+2.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$334,900+64.4%
Buffalo, New York$220,800+8.4%
Champaign, Illinois$103,340-49.3%
Charleston, West Virginia$184,940-9.2%
Chicago, Illinois$251,910+23.6%
College Station, Texas$262,940+29.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$203,850+0.1%
Dallas, Texas$263,370+29.3%
Deltona, Florida$367,040+80.2%
Detroit, Michigan$184,440-9.5%
El Paso, Texas$262,520+28.9%
Glens Falls, New York$205,860+1.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$238,630+17.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$259,670+27.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$329,750+61.8%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$262,390+28.8%
Houston, Texas$263,180+29.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$327,030+60.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$303,200+48.8%
Ithaca, New York$295,020+44.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$241,870+18.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$207,380+1.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$412,650+102.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$220,790+8.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$257,150+26.2%
Los Angeles, California$276,260+35.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$312,640+53.5%
Miami, Florida$204,860+0.5%
Muncie, Indiana$337,290+65.5%
Naples, Florida$247,710+21.6%
New York, New York$194,860-4.4%
Sarasota, Florida$246,420+20.9%
Odessa, Texas$103,790-49.1%
Orlando, Florida$345,480+69.6%
Oxnard, California$314,020+54.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$191,410-6.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$293,820+44.2%
Portland, Oregon$289,770+42.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$256,410+25.9%
Riverside, California$188,610-7.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$305,190+49.8%
Rochester, New York$164,480-19.3%
Rockford, Illinois$129,990-36.2%
Sacramento, California$312,780+53.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$184,790-9.3%
San Antonio, Texas$233,510+14.6%
San Diego, California$289,630+42.2%
San Francisco, California$337,770+65.8%
San Jose, California$306,970+50.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$258,160+26.7%
Santa Cruz, California$350,220+71.9%
Seattle, Washington$326,410+60.2%
South Bend, Indiana$424,610+108.4%
Springfield, Illinois$329,430+61.7%
Syracuse, New York$284,220+39.5%
Tampa, Florida$259,950+27.6%
Tyler, Texas$76,670-62.4%
Visalia, California$241,950+18.8%
Watertown, New York$173,280-15.0%
York, Pennsylvania$364,040+78.7%
Gross salary
203,740/yr
Estimated take-home
136,826/yr
Est. total withheld
32.8%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Santa Maria

These notes add local color around Santa Maria, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 29-1216 SOC code
Official area Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42200 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Santa Barbara
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
443,975