The annual salary statistics of chemists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of chemists 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 | $55,040 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,770 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $106,880 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $139,650 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemists 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 $139,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,040.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chemists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $84,100 | 5.55% | 25.37% |
| 2021 | $79,430 | -13.86% | - |
| 2019 | $90,440 | 7.86% | - |
| 2018 | $83,330 | -1.30% | - |
| 2017 | $84,410 | 25.65% | - |
| 2016 | $62,760 | -2.82% | - |
| 2015 | $64,530 | 4.25% | - |
| 2014 | $61,790 | -4.74% | - |
| 2013 | $64,720 | 3.03% | - |
| 2012 | $62,760 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $84,100 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for chemists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of chemists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 22.9 percent (22.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 49.0 percent (49.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.