The annual salary statistics of advertising sales agents in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of advertising sales agents in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $31,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,210 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,590 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $78,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $137,000 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for advertising sales agents in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $137,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of advertising sales agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $47,590 | 22.82% | -17.82% |
| 2019 | $36,730 | -22.98% | - |
| 2018 | $45,170 | 12.46% | - |
| 2017 | $39,540 | -10.14% | - |
| 2016 | $43,550 | -2.00% | - |
| 2015 | $44,420 | -6.84% | - |
| 2014 | $47,460 | 7.90% | - |
| 2013 | $43,710 | -28.28% | - |
| 2012 | $56,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,590 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for advertising sales agents in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of advertising sales agents in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 36.1 percent (36.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 28.0 percent (28.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Redding.