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Passenger Attendants Salary in Santa Maria, CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Passenger Attendants in Santa Maria, CA have a median annual salary of $37,970, with 30 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $37,590 at the 10th percentile to $46,080 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$37,970

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$18.26

Employment

30

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$37,590
10th
$37,590
25th
$37,970
Median
$39,330
75th
$46,080
90th

Local compared with national

Santa Maria, CA

$37,970

Median annual · 2025

United States

$37,720

Median annual · 2025

The Santa Maria, CA median is 0.7% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $250).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.8
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 3.8
  3. 3.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.6
  4. 4.Service OrientationImportance 3.6
  5. 5.MonitoringImportance 3.3
  6. 6.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.0
  7. 7.PersuasionImportance 3.0
  8. 8.InstructingImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.9
  10. 10.Active LearningImportance 2.9
  11. 11.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  12. 12.NegotiationImportance 2.9

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Appointment scheduling software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Time tracking software

Common tasks

  • Perform equipment safety checks prior to departure.
  • Explain and demonstrate safety procedures and safety equipment use.
  • Signal transportation operators to stop or to proceed.
  • Secure passengers for transportation by buckling seatbelts or fastening wheelchairs with tie-down straps.
  • Respond to passengers' questions, requests, or complaints.
  • Determine or facilitate seating arrangements.
  • Open and close doors for passengers.
  • Greet passengers boarding transportation equipment and announce routes and stops.
  • Provide boarding assistance to elderly, sick, or injured people.
  • Provide customers with information on routes, gates, prices, timetables, terminals, or concourses.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Passenger Attendants salary in other locations

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