Social Science Research Assistants · SOC 19-4061
Wage data not published: social science research assistants in the Santa Maria metro area
Figures describe the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Santa Maria city limits.
BLS publishes this occupation for the area but suppressed its wage estimates in the May 2025 release (marker “*”). We show exactly what is published below — suppressed values are never estimated or filled in.
- Employment in this area
- 50
- Per 1,000 jobs
- 0.3
Where BLS does publish this occupation
- Social Science Research Assistants in California (statewide)
- Social Science Research Assistants in the San Francisco metro area
- Social Science Research Assistants in the San Jose metro area
- Social Science Research Assistants in the San Diego metro area
- Social Science Research Assistants in the Los Angeles metro area
- Social Science Research Assistants in the Sacramento metro area
- Social Science Research Assistants — national overview
- All published occupations in the Santa Maria metro area
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.