The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of highway maintenance 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $44,950 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,170 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $78,290 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $79,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance 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 $79,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,950.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,170 | 5.24% | 10.80% |
| 2021 | $59,860 | -2.79% | - |
| 2020 | $61,530 | 8.42% | - |
| 2014 | $56,350 | 2.80% | - |
| 2013 | $54,770 | -2.88% | - |
| 2012 | $56,350 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,170 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 14.7 percent (14.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.3 percent (37.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.