The annual salary statistics of bartenders in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of bartenders 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 | $29,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,480 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,660 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $42,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bartenders 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 $42,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,630.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bartenders from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $31,660 | 1.26% | 40.43% |
| 2021 | $31,260 | -3.87% | - |
| 2020 | $32,470 | 8.44% | - |
| 2019 | $29,730 | 10.23% | - |
| 2018 | $26,690 | 1.80% | - |
| 2017 | $26,210 | 9.16% | - |
| 2016 | $23,810 | 4.07% | - |
| 2015 | $22,840 | 13.18% | - |
| 2014 | $19,830 | 3.83% | - |
| 2013 | $19,070 | 1.10% | - |
| 2012 | $18,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,660 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for bartenders in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of bartenders in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 13.5 percent (13.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.8 percent (36.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.