The annual salary statistics of construction managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of construction managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $73,020 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $86,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $116,590 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $142,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $166,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for construction managers 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 $166,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $116,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $73,020.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of construction managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $116,590 | 4.83% | 19.04% |
| 2018 | $110,960 | 8.07% | - |
| 2017 | $102,010 | 13.98% | - |
| 2016 | $87,750 | -12.09% | - |
| 2015 | $98,360 | -3.84% | - |
| 2014 | $102,140 | -1.66% | - |
| 2013 | $103,840 | 9.10% | - |
| 2012 | $94,390 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $116,590 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for construction managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of construction managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 18.9 percent (18.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 51.7 percent (51.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Merced.