The annual salary statistics of aerospace engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of aerospace engineers 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 | $45,970 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,210 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $83,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $100,950 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $133,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for aerospace engineers 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 $133,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,970.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $83,200, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the lowest paying city for aerospace engineers in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $166,930). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of aerospace engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is about 50.2 percent (50.2%) lower than that of the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.