Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Santa Cruz, CA

425 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Santa Cruz, CA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$122,170	30	View salary detail
Optometrists	$122,150	50	View salary detail
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$118,810	140	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathologists	$118,670	110	View salary detail
Transportation Engineers	$118,050	210	View salary detail
Civil Engineers	$118,050	210	View salary detail
Water/Wastewater Engineers	$118,050	210	View salary detail
Sales Managers	$117,090	520	View salary detail
Administrative Services Managers	$117,010	280	View salary detail
Security Managers	$114,670	100	View salary detail
Facilities Managers	$114,670	100	View salary detail
Web and Digital Interface Designers	$114,220	60	View salary detail
Video Game Designers	$114,220	60	View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$112,860	60	View salary detail
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$112,570	110	View salary detail
Supply Chain Managers	$112,570	110	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$112,270	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$111,560	50	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$109,890	80	View salary detail
Penetration Testers	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Digital Forensics Analysts	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Blockchain Engineers	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Information Security Engineers	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Web Administrators	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Information Technology Project Managers	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Document Management Specialists	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Computer Occupations, All Other	$107,990	180	View salary detail
Project Management Specialists	$106,780	440	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$106,430	70	View salary detail
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$105,750	40	View salary detail
Management Analysts	$105,480	450	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$105,360	1,770	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$104,680	50	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$104,320	110	View salary detail
Logisticians	$104,320	110	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$104,320	110	View salary detail
Dietitians and Nutritionists	$103,760	40	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists	$102,980	50	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$102,710	40	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$102,710	40	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$102,710	40	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$102,510	40	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$101,280	40	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$101,060	70	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.