The annual salary statistics of bill and account collectors in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of bill and account collectors 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 | $37,110 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,150 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bill and account collectors 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 $71,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,110.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bill and account collectors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,140 | 0.93% | 17.66% |
| 2021 | $47,690 | -0.88% | - |
| 2020 | $48,110 | 8.52% | - |
| 2019 | $44,010 | -7.70% | - |
| 2017 | $47,400 | 2.57% | - |
| 2016 | $46,180 | 4.37% | - |
| 2015 | $44,160 | 5.43% | - |
| 2014 | $41,760 | -0.43% | - |
| 2013 | $41,940 | 5.48% | - |
| 2012 | $39,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,140 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for bill and account collectors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of bill and account collectors in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 18.0 percent (18.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.2 percent (36.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.