The annual salary statistics of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of payroll and timekeeping clerks 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 | $37,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $54,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,800 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for payroll and timekeeping clerks 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 $74,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $54,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $54,450 | 4.94% | 14.21% |
| 2021 | $51,760 | -4.50% | - |
| 2020 | $54,090 | -1.24% | - |
| 2019 | $54,760 | 2.98% | - |
| 2018 | $53,130 | 5.97% | - |
| 2017 | $49,960 | 2.12% | - |
| 2016 | $48,900 | 2.94% | - |
| 2015 | $47,460 | 1.47% | - |
| 2014 | $46,760 | -3.87% | - |
| 2013 | $48,570 | 3.83% | - |
| 2012 | $46,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $54,450 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for payroll and timekeeping clerks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 20.5 percent (20.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 27.3 percent (27.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.