The annual salary statistics of residential advisors in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of residential advisors 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 | $33,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $41,820 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $52,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for residential advisors 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 $52,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of residential advisors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $36,910 | 10.65% | 7.04% |
| 2021 | $32,980 | -9.58% | - |
| 2020 | $36,140 | 9.55% | - |
| 2019 | $32,690 | -1.62% | - |
| 2018 | $33,220 | 2.50% | - |
| 2017 | $32,390 | -5.93% | - |
| 2016 | $34,310 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $34,310 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,910 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for residential advisors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of residential advisors in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 27.9 percent (27.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 23.8 percent (23.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.