Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Worker Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

The annual salary statistics of other healthcare practitioners and technical workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of other healthcare practitioners and technical workers 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$43,500
25th Percentile Wage
$46,660
50th Percentile Wage
$61,650
75th Percentile Wage
$71,120
90th Percentile Wage
$122,810

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other healthcare practitioners and technical workers 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 $122,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,500.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other healthcare practitioners and technical workers from 2012 to 2021. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth9-Year Growth
2021
$61,650
8.97% 5.68%
2015
$56,120
1.48% -
2013
$55,290
-5.17% -
2012
$58,150
- -

Table 2. Compare Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Worker Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $61,650 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for other healthcare practitioners and technical workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other healthcare practitioners and technical workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 30.8 percent (30.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Merced and 26.9 percent (26.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Maria-Santa Barbara.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Merced
$89,040
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$83,420
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$79,330
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$77,740
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$76,920
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$74,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$71,060
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$71,060
Fresno
$67,140
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$65,260
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$65,250
Bakersfield-Delano
$64,790
Visalia-Porterville
$64,710
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$64,600
Modesto
$63,560
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$62,380
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$61,650
Stockton
$57,340
Vallejo-Fairfield
$56,880
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$56,480
Salinas
$52,110
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$49,780
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$47,710
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$45,040
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$45,040

See also: Top paying jobs in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California.