The annual salary statistics of other personal care and service workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of other personal care and service 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $22,290 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,920 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $23,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $25,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $53,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other personal care and service 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 $53,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,290.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other personal care and service workers from 2012 to 2018. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $23,990 | -39.89% | -39.89% |
| 2012 | $33,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $23,990, Santa Cruz-Watsonville is the lowest paying city for other personal care and service workers in state of California, following city of San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $40,540). Compared with the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of other personal care and service workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 40.8 percent (40.8%) lower.