The annual salary statistics of health educators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of health educators 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 | $39,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,370 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $91,270 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $111,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for health educators 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 $111,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,440.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of health educators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,370 | 3.52% | 33.75% |
| 2021 | $61,140 | 0.61% | - |
| 2020 | $60,770 | 3.24% | - |
| 2019 | $58,800 | 30.32% | - |
| 2018 | $40,970 | 5.91% | - |
| 2017 | $38,550 | -1.45% | - |
| 2016 | $39,110 | -0.97% | - |
| 2015 | $39,490 | -50.27% | - |
| 2014 | $59,340 | 32.83% | - |
| 2013 | $39,860 | -5.32% | - |
| 2012 | $41,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,370 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for health educators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of health educators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 37.4 percent (37.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 45.9 percent (45.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.