The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of sales engineers 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 | $72,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $84,510 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $101,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $128,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $167,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers 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 $167,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $101,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $72,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sales engineers from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $101,850 | 5.84% | 7.52% |
| 2018 | $95,900 | 20.24% | - |
| 2015 | $76,490 | -6.71% | - |
| 2014 | $81,620 | 8.60% | - |
| 2013 | $74,600 | -26.26% | - |
| 2012 | $94,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $101,850 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for sales engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sales engineers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 33.9 percent (33.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 24.3 percent (24.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Vallejo-Fairfield.