The annual salary statistics of editors in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of editors 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 | $38,130 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $98,940 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for editors 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 $98,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,130.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of editors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,430 | -2.38% | 39.00% |
| 2021 | $64,940 | 28.47% | - |
| 2017 | $46,450 | 6.78% | - |
| 2016 | $43,300 | -33.51% | - |
| 2015 | $57,810 | -7.18% | - |
| 2014 | $61,960 | 0.87% | - |
| 2013 | $61,420 | 37.01% | - |
| 2012 | $38,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,430 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for editors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of editors in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 38.5 percent (38.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 39.1 percent (39.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.