The annual salary statistics of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of landscaping and groundskeeping workers 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 | $34,540 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,230 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $54,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for landscaping and groundskeeping workers 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 $54,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,540.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,850 | 0.21% | 37.07% |
| 2021 | $37,770 | -1.30% | - |
| 2020 | $38,260 | 12.44% | - |
| 2019 | $33,500 | 13.28% | - |
| 2018 | $29,050 | 9.47% | - |
| 2017 | $26,300 | 3.80% | - |
| 2016 | $25,300 | -7.31% | - |
| 2015 | $27,150 | 10.13% | - |
| 2014 | $24,400 | -1.93% | - |
| 2013 | $24,870 | 4.22% | - |
| 2012 | $23,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,850 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 16.5 percent (16.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 38.7 percent (38.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.