The annual salary statistics of database administrators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of database administrators 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 | $54,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $68,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $102,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $135,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $156,410 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for database administrators 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 $156,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $102,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,300.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of database administrators from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $102,970 | 24.22% | 24.39% |
| 2017 | $78,030 | 12.34% | - |
| 2016 | $68,400 | -1.15% | - |
| 2015 | $69,190 | -6.69% | - |
| 2014 | $73,820 | -16.31% | - |
| 2013 | $85,860 | 9.32% | - |
| 2012 | $77,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $102,970 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for database administrators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of database administrators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 7.6 percent (7.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 43.4 percent (43.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.