The annual salary statistics of short order cooks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short order 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 | $32,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,920 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $40,110 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $43,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short order 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 $43,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,300.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short order cooks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $36,920 | 2.33% | 27.03% |
| 2021 | $36,060 | 7.46% | - |
| 2020 | $33,370 | 4.26% | - |
| 2019 | $31,950 | 4.79% | - |
| 2018 | $30,420 | 10.39% | - |
| 2017 | $27,260 | 4.70% | - |
| 2016 | $25,980 | 6.39% | - |
| 2015 | $24,320 | 1.60% | - |
| 2014 | $23,930 | -4.60% | - |
| 2013 | $25,030 | -7.63% | - |
| 2012 | $26,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,920 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for short order cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of short order cooks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 45.0 percent (45.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.