The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fast food cooks 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 | $31,530 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,990 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks 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 $36,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,530.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $34,310 | 7.96% | 45.12% |
| 2021 | $31,580 | 12.29% | - |
| 2020 | $27,700 | 8.23% | - |
| 2019 | $25,420 | 4.84% | - |
| 2018 | $24,190 | 1.07% | - |
| 2017 | $23,930 | 6.35% | - |
| 2016 | $22,410 | 11.65% | - |
| 2015 | $19,800 | 3.54% | - |
| 2014 | $19,100 | 0.21% | - |
| 2013 | $19,060 | 1.21% | - |
| 2012 | $18,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,310 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 44.8 percent (44.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.