The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food scientists and technologists 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 | $34,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,960 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,850 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $106,280 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists 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 $106,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,960. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,310.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $56,960, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the lowest paying city for food scientists and technologists in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $99,770). Compared with the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of food scientists and technologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 42.9 percent (42.9%) lower.