The annual salary statistics of file clerks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of file clerks 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 | $34,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,570 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $63,260 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for file clerks 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 $63,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,570. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of file clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $56,570 | 13.42% | 48.86% |
| 2021 | $48,980 | 7.94% | - |
| 2020 | $45,090 | 1.62% | - |
| 2019 | $44,360 | 36.88% | - |
| 2017 | $28,000 | -16.61% | - |
| 2016 | $32,650 | 3.61% | - |
| 2015 | $31,470 | -4.67% | - |
| 2014 | $32,940 | 27.90% | - |
| 2013 | $23,750 | -21.81% | - |
| 2012 | $28,930 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $56,570, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the highest paying city for file clerks in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $49,920). In comparison, the median annual salary of file clerks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 11.8 percent (11.8%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.