The annual salary statistics of training and development specialists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of training and development specialists 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 | $37,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,680 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $65,820 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $83,100 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $108,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for training and development specialists 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 $108,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $65,820. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,570.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of training and development specialists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $65,820 | -16.80% | -0.35% |
| 2021 | $76,880 | -1.90% | - |
| 2020 | $78,340 | -22.64% | - |
| 2019 | $96,080 | 19.81% | - |
| 2018 | $77,050 | 7.23% | - |
| 2017 | $71,480 | 7.19% | - |
| 2016 | $66,340 | -1.48% | - |
| 2015 | $67,320 | -3.98% | - |
| 2014 | $70,000 | 7.41% | - |
| 2013 | $64,810 | -1.91% | - |
| 2012 | $66,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $65,820 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for training and development specialists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of training and development specialists in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 24.6 percent (24.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 35.6 percent (35.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.