The annual salary statistics of environmental science and protection technicians in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of environmental science and protection technicians 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 | $37,890 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $72,210 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $93,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $115,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental science and protection technicians 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 $115,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $72,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,890.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental science and protection technicians from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $72,210 | 45.77% | 46.24% |
| 2017 | $39,160 | 0.87% | - |
| 2016 | $38,820 | -38.49% | - |
| 2014 | $53,760 | 6.32% | - |
| 2013 | $50,360 | 22.92% | - |
| 2012 | $38,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $72,210, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the second highest paying city for environmental science and protection technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $75,460). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of environmental science and protection technicians in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 4.3 percent (4.3%) lower.