The annual salary statistics of marketing managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of marketing managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $66,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $88,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $124,040 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $186,290 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $159,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for marketing managers 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 $159,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $124,040. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $66,780.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of marketing managers from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $124,040 | 2.85% | 9.63% |
| 2017 | $120,510 | 20.08% | - |
| 2016 | $96,310 | -0.66% | - |
| 2015 | $96,950 | -0.70% | - |
| 2014 | $97,630 | -24.05% | - |
| 2013 | $121,110 | 7.44% | - |
| 2012 | $112,100 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $124,040 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for marketing managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of marketing managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 33.9 percent (33.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 44.2 percent (44.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.