The annual salary statistics of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of laundry and dry-cleaning 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 | $29,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,810 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,260 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for laundry and dry-cleaning 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 $36,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,810. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $29,810 | 0.17% | 32.14% |
| 2021 | $29,760 | -2.99% | - |
| 2020 | $30,650 | 6.04% | - |
| 2019 | $28,800 | 12.50% | - |
| 2018 | $25,200 | 5.00% | - |
| 2017 | $23,940 | 13.03% | - |
| 2016 | $20,820 | 6.20% | - |
| 2015 | $19,530 | 1.64% | - |
| 2014 | $19,210 | -4.01% | - |
| 2013 | $19,980 | -1.25% | - |
| 2012 | $20,230 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,810 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 22.7 percent (22.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.7 percent (37.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.