The annual salary statistics of web developers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of web developers 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 | $35,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,290 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,570 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $84,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $114,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for web developers 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 $114,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,570. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,520.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of web developers from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $60,570 | 8.40% | 1.16% |
| 2017 | $55,480 | -0.92% | - |
| 2016 | $55,990 | -3.48% | - |
| 2015 | $57,940 | 1.69% | - |
| 2014 | $56,960 | 1.32% | - |
| 2013 | $56,210 | -6.51% | - |
| 2012 | $59,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,570 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for web developers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of web developers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 45.8 percent (45.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 28.5 percent (28.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.