The annual salary statistics of sociologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sociologists 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 | $72,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $91,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sociologists 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 $104,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $91,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $72,030.
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $91,120 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for sociologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sociologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 34.0 percent (34.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 19.2 percent (19.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.