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Other Media and Communication Worker Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

The annual salary statistics of other media and communication workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of other media and communication 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Other Media and Communication Workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$49,710
25th Percentile Wage
$61,910
50th Percentile Wage
$78,920
75th Percentile Wage
$78,920
90th Percentile Wage
$104,450

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other media and communication 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 $104,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,710.

Table 2. Compare Other Media and Communication Worker Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,920 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for other media and communication workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other media and communication workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 17.3 percent (17.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 63.9 percent (63.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$95,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$80,860
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$78,920
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$78,010
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$68,450
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$67,600
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$66,350
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$61,650
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$56,670
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$56,260
Bakersfield-Delano
$55,310
Fresno
$54,890
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$54,380
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$50,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$46,620
Chico
$42,910
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$41,180
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$36,910
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$30,240
Visalia-Porterville
$28,500

See also: Top paying jobs in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California.