The annual salary statistics of human resources specialists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of human resources specialists 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 | $49,230 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $75,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $100,990 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $124,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources specialists 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 $124,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $75,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,230.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources specialists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $75,430 | -0.93% | 20.65% |
| 2021 | $76,130 | -2.52% | - |
| 2020 | $78,050 | 2.60% | - |
| 2019 | $76,020 | 3.87% | - |
| 2018 | $73,080 | 0.70% | - |
| 2017 | $72,570 | 0.17% | - |
| 2016 | $72,450 | 0.14% | - |
| 2015 | $72,350 | 7.31% | - |
| 2014 | $67,060 | 9.93% | - |
| 2013 | $60,400 | 0.91% | - |
| 2012 | $59,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $75,430 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for human resources specialists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources specialists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 21.8 percent (21.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 36.9 percent (36.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.