The annual salary statistics of librarians in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of librarians 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 | $57,540 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $66,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $104,610 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $121,640 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for librarians 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 $121,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,540.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of librarians from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $78,970 | 5.75% | 29.37% |
| 2017 | $74,430 | 4.16% | - |
| 2016 | $71,330 | 5.78% | - |
| 2015 | $67,210 | 15.34% | - |
| 2014 | $56,900 | 4.82% | - |
| 2013 | $54,160 | -2.99% | - |
| 2012 | $55,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,970 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for librarians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of librarians in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 8.1 percent (8.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 53.2 percent (53.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Yuba City.