The annual salary statistics of restaurant cooks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of restaurant 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 | $31,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,930 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $43,060 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for restaurant 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 $45,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,780.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of restaurant cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,330 | 2.52% | 37.61% |
| 2021 | $36,390 | 3.79% | - |
| 2020 | $35,010 | 12.54% | - |
| 2019 | $30,620 | 0.59% | - |
| 2018 | $30,440 | 7.06% | - |
| 2017 | $28,290 | -6.57% | - |
| 2016 | $30,150 | 5.04% | - |
| 2015 | $28,630 | 5.97% | - |
| 2014 | $26,920 | 8.06% | - |
| 2013 | $24,750 | 5.90% | - |
| 2012 | $23,290 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,330 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for restaurant cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of restaurant cooks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 16.2 percent (16.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 38.2 percent (38.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.