The annual salary statistics of systems software developers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of systems software developers 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 | $46,740 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $100,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $133,670 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $169,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for systems software developers 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 $169,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,740.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of systems software developers from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $100,430 | -1.87% | 8.89% |
| 2017 | $102,310 | -8.75% | - |
| 2016 | $111,260 | 11.63% | - |
| 2015 | $98,320 | -1.01% | - |
| 2014 | $99,310 | 13.97% | - |
| 2013 | $85,440 | -7.09% | - |
| 2012 | $91,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $100,430 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for systems software developers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of systems software developers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 30.4 percent (30.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 19.3 percent (19.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.