The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postal service mail carriers 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 | $44,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers 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 $71,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,080.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service mail carriers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $55,640 | 15.74% | -1.02% |
| 2021 | $46,880 | -4.20% | - |
| 2020 | $48,850 | -1.70% | - |
| 2019 | $49,680 | -5.07% | - |
| 2018 | $52,200 | -10.69% | - |
| 2017 | $57,780 | -1.38% | - |
| 2016 | $58,580 | -1.19% | - |
| 2015 | $59,280 | 3.51% | - |
| 2014 | $57,200 | 1.24% | - |
| 2013 | $56,490 | 0.50% | - |
| 2012 | $56,210 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,640 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for postal service mail carriers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service mail carriers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 20.6 percent (20.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 26.3 percent (26.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.