The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of surgical technologists 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 | $60,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,290 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,340 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $90,950 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists 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 $103,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,310.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surgical technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $78,340 | 18.23% | 28.49% |
| 2021 | $64,060 | 6.53% | - |
| 2017 | $59,880 | 4.19% | - |
| 2016 | $57,370 | 3.36% | - |
| 2015 | $55,440 | -1.75% | - |
| 2013 | $56,410 | 0.69% | - |
| 2012 | $56,020 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,340 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for surgical technologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surgical technologists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 7.7 percent (7.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 41.0 percent (41.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.