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Insurance Underwriter Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

The annual salary statistics of insurance underwriters in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of insurance underwriters 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Insurance Underwriters in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$38,280
25th Percentile Wage
$50,390
50th Percentile Wage
$60,840
75th Percentile Wage
$86,210
90th Percentile Wage
$98,540

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for insurance underwriters 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 $98,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,840. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,280.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of insurance underwriters from 2012 to 2019. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2019
$60,840
2.35% 2.35%
2018
$59,410
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Table 2. Compare Insurance Underwriter Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $60,840, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the lowest paying city for insurance underwriters in state of California, following city of San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $117,680). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of insurance underwriters in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is about 48.3 percent (48.3%) lower than that of the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$117,680
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$102,550
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$100,830
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$96,310
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$94,710
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$90,230
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$87,450
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$83,310
Fresno
$82,630
Bakersfield-Delano
$82,580
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$81,120
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$79,940
Stockton
$77,400
Vallejo-Fairfield
$76,060
Napa
$71,940
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$67,790
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$65,570
Salinas
$63,460
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$61,550
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$60,840

See also: Top paying jobs in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California.