The annual salary statistics of butchers and meat cutters in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of butchers and meat cutters 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 | $33,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,560 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $40,470 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $49,330 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $55,980 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for butchers and meat cutters 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 $55,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,940.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of butchers and meat cutters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $40,470 | 6.82% | 7.86% |
| 2021 | $37,710 | 5.33% | - |
| 2020 | $35,700 | 3.36% | - |
| 2019 | $34,500 | -0.17% | - |
| 2018 | $34,560 | 8.94% | - |
| 2017 | $31,470 | 0.67% | - |
| 2016 | $31,260 | -10.08% | - |
| 2015 | $34,410 | -7.73% | - |
| 2014 | $37,070 | 17.37% | - |
| 2013 | $30,630 | -21.74% | - |
| 2012 | $37,290 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $40,470 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for butchers and meat cutters in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of butchers and meat cutters in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 16.0 percent (16.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 41.9 percent (41.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.