The annual salary statistics of buyers and purchasing agents in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of buyers and purchasing 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 | $40,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $68,370 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $86,270 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $110,920 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for buyers and purchasing 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 $110,920. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,560.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of buyers and purchasing agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $68,370 | 6.76% | 22.58% |
| 2021 | $63,750 | -5.93% | - |
| 2020 | $67,530 | 8.49% | - |
| 2019 | $61,800 | 9.77% | - |
| 2018 | $55,760 | 5.08% | - |
| 2017 | $52,930 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $52,930 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,370 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for buyers and purchasing agents in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of buyers and purchasing agents in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 27.4 percent (27.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 18.4 percent (18.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.