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All Other Special Education Teacher Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

The annual salary statistics of all other special education teachers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of all other special education teachers 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of All Other Special Education Teachers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$37,520
25th Percentile Wage
$39,380
50th Percentile Wage
$64,160
75th Percentile Wage
$83,020
90th Percentile Wage
$105,390

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for all other special education teachers 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 $105,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,520.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of all other special education teachers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$64,160
3.30% 3.30%
2021
$62,040
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Table 2. Compare All Other Special Education Teacher Salary in Santa Cruz-Watsonville with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,160 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for all other special education teachers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of all other special education teachers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 44.8 percent (44.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Fresno and 50.5 percent (50.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Fresno
$116,310
Modesto
$101,790
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$101,760
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$99,780
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$92,080
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$89,550
El Centro
$88,700
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$88,400
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$87,580
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$85,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$83,650
Salinas
$78,500
Vallejo-Fairfield
$77,820
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$77,110
Stockton
$76,630
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$75,220
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$75,040
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$74,710
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$74,650
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$74,410
Merced
$74,200
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$73,860
Bakersfield-Delano
$73,190
Chico
$72,380
Yuba City
$66,290
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$64,450
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$64,160
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$49,660
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$48,250
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$44,120
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$31,730

See also: Top paying jobs in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California.