The annual salary statistics of community health workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of community health workers 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 | $40,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $55,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $69,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for community health workers 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 $69,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,080.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of community health workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,350 | 2.51% | 18.40% |
| 2021 | $48,110 | 0.39% | - |
| 2020 | $47,920 | 2.34% | - |
| 2019 | $46,800 | 19.06% | - |
| 2016 | $37,880 | -17.82% | - |
| 2015 | $44,630 | 1.59% | - |
| 2014 | $43,920 | 0.05% | - |
| 2013 | $43,900 | 8.27% | - |
| 2012 | $40,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,350 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for community health workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of community health workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 40.3 percent (40.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Napa and 27.7 percent (27.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.