The annual salary statistics of food batchmakers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food batchmakers 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 | $32,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,880 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $53,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food batchmakers 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 $53,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,880. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food batchmakers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $36,880 | 5.07% | 34.79% |
| 2021 | $35,010 | 2.06% | - |
| 2020 | $34,290 | 13.85% | - |
| 2019 | $29,540 | 2.47% | - |
| 2018 | $28,810 | 3.16% | - |
| 2017 | $27,900 | 0.65% | - |
| 2016 | $27,720 | 13.49% | - |
| 2015 | $23,980 | -4.80% | - |
| 2014 | $25,130 | -5.09% | - |
| 2013 | $26,410 | 8.94% | - |
| 2012 | $24,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,880 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for food batchmakers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food batchmakers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 19.8 percent (19.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 48.0 percent (48.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Centro.