The annual salary statistics of financial managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of financial managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $83,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $96,310 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $119,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $155,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $196,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for financial managers 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 $196,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $119,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $83,310.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of financial managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $119,620 | -1.02% | 15.14% |
| 2018 | $120,840 | 1.40% | - |
| 2017 | $119,150 | 0.98% | - |
| 2016 | $117,980 | 6.12% | - |
| 2015 | $110,760 | 1.15% | - |
| 2014 | $109,490 | 3.23% | - |
| 2013 | $105,950 | 4.19% | - |
| 2012 | $101,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $119,620 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for financial managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of financial managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 31.7 percent (31.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 34.7 percent (34.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.