The annual salary statistics of civil engineering technicians in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineering technicians 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 | $47,990 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,140 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $83,770 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $114,540 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineering technicians 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 $114,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,770. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,990.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $83,770 | 10.60% | 25.38% |
| 2021 | $74,890 | 15.68% | - |
| 2018 | $63,150 | 2.22% | - |
| 2017 | $61,750 | -1.23% | - |
| 2016 | $62,510 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $62,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $83,770, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the second highest paying city for civil engineering technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $96,670). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of civil engineering technicians in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 13.3 percent (13.3%) lower.