The annual salary statistics of human resources managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of human resources 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 | $84,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $104,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $139,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $170,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $207,980 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources 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 $207,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $139,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $84,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $139,060 | -1.10% | 26.30% |
| 2018 | $140,590 | 5.98% | - |
| 2017 | $132,180 | 8.64% | - |
| 2016 | $120,760 | 7.97% | - |
| 2015 | $111,140 | 11.86% | - |
| 2014 | $97,960 | -2.51% | - |
| 2013 | $100,420 | -2.06% | - |
| 2012 | $102,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $139,060 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for human resources managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 14.2 percent (14.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.9 percent (37.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.