The annual salary statistics of environmental engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of environmental engineers 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 | $75,060 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,610 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $125,810 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,920 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineers 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 $128,920. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $75,060.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $96,310 | 17.05% | 31.27% |
| 2021 | $79,890 | -3.54% | - |
| 2020 | $82,720 | 5.57% | - |
| 2014 | $78,110 | 15.26% | - |
| 2012 | $66,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,310 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for environmental engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of environmental engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 27.1 percent (27.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 62.7 percent (62.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Yuba City.