The annual salary statistics of postal service clerks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postal service 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 | $48,130 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,740 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $68,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $69,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service 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 $69,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,130.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $59,740 | 14.21% | 11.13% |
| 2021 | $51,250 | 7.06% | - |
| 2020 | $47,630 | -3.21% | - |
| 2019 | $49,160 | -22.23% | - |
| 2018 | $60,090 | 2.55% | - |
| 2017 | $58,560 | 3.02% | - |
| 2016 | $56,790 | 0.00% | - |
| 2015 | $56,790 | 2.13% | - |
| 2014 | $55,580 | 3.13% | - |
| 2013 | $53,840 | 1.39% | - |
| 2012 | $53,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,740 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for postal service clerks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service clerks in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 12.5 percent (12.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 29.4 percent (29.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.