The annual salary statistics of clergy in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of clergy 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 | $37,550 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $58,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,740 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $80,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $106,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for clergy 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 $106,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,550.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of clergy from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,740 | 3.44% | 18.61% |
| 2021 | $62,510 | 9.50% | - |
| 2020 | $56,570 | -6.96% | - |
| 2019 | $60,510 | -2.51% | - |
| 2018 | $62,030 | 4.35% | - |
| 2017 | $59,330 | 1.10% | - |
| 2016 | $58,680 | -21.01% | - |
| 2015 | $71,010 | 14.14% | - |
| 2014 | $60,970 | 13.58% | - |
| 2012 | $52,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,740 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for clergy in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of clergy in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 17.4 percent (17.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 25.3 percent (25.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.