The annual salary statistics of short-term substitute teachers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short-term substitute 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $35,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,470 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,410 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $67,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short-term substitute 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 $73,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,300.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short-term substitute teachers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $44,410 | 14.70% | 11.08% |
| 2021 | $37,880 | -0.84% | - |
| 2020 | $38,200 | -3.38% | - |
| 2019 | $39,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,410 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for short-term substitute teachers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of short-term substitute teachers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 32.7 percent (32.7%) lower than that in the highest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area and 19.7 percent (19.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.