The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of industrial engineers 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 | $77,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $89,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $104,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $139,170 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $165,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers 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 $165,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $104,600 | 3.18% | 14.06% |
| 2021 | $101,270 | 6.30% | - |
| 2020 | $94,890 | -0.08% | - |
| 2019 | $94,970 | -0.11% | - |
| 2018 | $95,070 | -2.47% | - |
| 2017 | $97,420 | 8.54% | - |
| 2016 | $89,100 | -0.95% | - |
| 2014 | $89,950 | -2.01% | - |
| 2013 | $91,760 | 2.04% | - |
| 2012 | $89,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,600 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for industrial engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 18.8 percent (18.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 26.9 percent (26.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.