The annual salary statistics of sheet metal workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of sheet metal workers 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 | $37,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $65,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $91,800 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $138,870 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sheet metal workers 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 $138,870. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $65,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,860.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sheet metal workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $65,600 | 3.26% | 13.31% |
| 2021 | $63,460 | -37.66% | - |
| 2017 | $87,360 | -2.87% | - |
| 2016 | $89,870 | 3.28% | - |
| 2015 | $86,920 | 33.21% | - |
| 2014 | $58,050 | 0.55% | - |
| 2013 | $57,730 | 1.49% | - |
| 2012 | $56,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $65,600 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for sheet metal workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sheet metal workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 36.6 percent (36.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 34.1 percent (34.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Madera-Chowchilla.