The annual salary statistics of industrial machinery mechanics in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of industrial machinery mechanics 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 | $38,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $75,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial machinery mechanics 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 $82,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial machinery mechanics from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $59,360 | -3.62% | 30.56% |
| 2021 | $61,510 | 4.29% | - |
| 2020 | $58,870 | 4.30% | - |
| 2019 | $56,340 | 6.85% | - |
| 2018 | $52,480 | 8.69% | - |
| 2017 | $47,920 | -4.59% | - |
| 2016 | $50,120 | -0.70% | - |
| 2015 | $50,470 | 1.80% | - |
| 2014 | $49,560 | 9.54% | - |
| 2013 | $44,830 | 8.05% | - |
| 2012 | $41,220 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,360 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for industrial machinery mechanics in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial machinery mechanics in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 25.4 percent (25.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 21.4 percent (21.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.