The annual salary statistics of sales managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of sales managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $56,470 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $69,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,320 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $164,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales managers 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 $164,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,470.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sales managers from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $96,440 | 19.96% | -0.39% |
| 2018 | $77,190 | -4.61% | - |
| 2017 | $80,750 | -4.01% | - |
| 2016 | $83,990 | -15.67% | - |
| 2015 | $97,150 | -4.91% | - |
| 2014 | $101,920 | -10.36% | - |
| 2013 | $112,480 | 13.92% | - |
| 2012 | $96,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,440 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for sales managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sales managers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 41.9 percent (41.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 41.4 percent (41.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area.