The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of lawyers 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 | $79,290 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $130,680 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $204,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $203,010 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers 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 $203,010. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $130,680. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,290.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $130,680 | 2.40% | -2.62% |
| 2021 | $127,540 | -26.45% | - |
| 2020 | $161,270 | 14.81% | - |
| 2019 | $137,390 | 0.39% | - |
| 2018 | $136,860 | 9.54% | - |
| 2017 | $123,810 | -7.40% | - |
| 2016 | $132,970 | -2.71% | - |
| 2015 | $136,580 | -4.05% | - |
| 2014 | $142,110 | 1.78% | - |
| 2013 | $139,580 | 3.93% | - |
| 2012 | $134,100 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $130,680 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 43.8 percent (43.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 37.9 percent (37.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.