The annual salary statistics of packers and packagers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of packers and packagers 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 | $31,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $37,140 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $42,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for packers and packagers 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 $42,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,200.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of packers and packagers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $34,310 | 6.73% | 42.35% |
| 2021 | $32,000 | 1.62% | - |
| 2020 | $31,480 | 12.07% | - |
| 2019 | $27,680 | 5.24% | - |
| 2018 | $26,230 | 8.39% | - |
| 2017 | $24,030 | 2.00% | - |
| 2016 | $23,550 | 14.31% | - |
| 2015 | $20,180 | 0.94% | - |
| 2014 | $19,990 | 3.40% | - |
| 2013 | $19,310 | -2.43% | - |
| 2012 | $19,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,310 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for packers and packagers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of packers and packagers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 11.5 percent (11.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 43.1 percent (43.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.