The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food servers, nonrestaurant 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 | $30,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $43,140 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $70,170 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant 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 $70,170. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,520.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food servers, nonrestaurant from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $35,640 | 3.23% | 45.48% |
| 2021 | $34,490 | 9.31% | - |
| 2020 | $31,280 | 9.30% | - |
| 2019 | $28,370 | 7.72% | - |
| 2018 | $26,180 | 2.83% | - |
| 2017 | $25,440 | -4.72% | - |
| 2016 | $26,640 | -3.23% | - |
| 2015 | $27,500 | 2.62% | - |
| 2014 | $26,780 | 1.12% | - |
| 2013 | $26,480 | 26.62% | - |
| 2012 | $19,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,640 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 13.6 percent (13.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.3 percent (36.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.