The annual salary statistics of other social workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of other social workers 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 | $65,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,280 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $94,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $101,130 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other social workers 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 $101,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $65,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other social workers from 2012 to 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $84,280 | 2.08% | 21.70% |
| 2015 | $82,530 | 14.24% | - |
| 2014 | $70,780 | 5.14% | - |
| 2013 | $67,140 | 1.71% | - |
| 2012 | $65,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $84,280 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is in the middle of salary range for other social workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other social workers in Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 14.8 percent (14.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Rosa-Petaluma and 59.3 percent (59.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.