The annual salary statistics of tax preparers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of tax preparers 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 | $32,800 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,680 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $72,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $109,230 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tax preparers 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 $109,230. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,800.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tax preparers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,330 | 3.14% | -1.54% |
| 2021 | $47,780 | -59.02% | - |
| 2020 | $75,980 | 31.82% | - |
| 2013 | $51,800 | 3.30% | - |
| 2012 | $50,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,330 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for tax preparers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of tax preparers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 39.6 percent (39.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward and 53.3 percent (53.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Madera-Chowchilla.