The annual salary statistics of food service managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food service 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 | $27,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,410 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $66,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $80,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food service 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 $80,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food service managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $47,410 | -19.91% | 8.44% |
| 2018 | $56,850 | 11.38% | - |
| 2017 | $50,380 | 9.83% | - |
| 2016 | $45,430 | 17.06% | - |
| 2015 | $37,680 | 8.23% | - |
| 2014 | $34,580 | -15.67% | - |
| 2013 | $40,000 | -8.53% | - |
| 2012 | $43,410 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,410 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for food service managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food service managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 33.1 percent (33.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 17.2 percent (17.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.