The annual salary statistics of cost estimators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cost estimators 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 | $48,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $58,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,630 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $125,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cost estimators 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 $125,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cost estimators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $76,630 | 11.14% | 13.44% |
| 2021 | $68,090 | 8.61% | - |
| 2020 | $62,230 | -13.34% | - |
| 2019 | $70,530 | -5.37% | - |
| 2018 | $74,320 | -2.19% | - |
| 2017 | $75,950 | 7.90% | - |
| 2016 | $69,950 | 28.92% | - |
| 2015 | $49,720 | -4.83% | - |
| 2014 | $52,120 | 1.21% | - |
| 2013 | $51,490 | -28.82% | - |
| 2012 | $66,330 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,630 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for cost estimators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of cost estimators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 21.2 percent (21.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 32.8 percent (32.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.