Santa Cruz, CA Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$67,550	110	View salary detail
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$112,570	110	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$62,610	100	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$39,700	100	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$89,430	100	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Aides	$39,210	100	View salary detail
Facilities Managers	$114,670	100	View salary detail
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	$68,210	100	View salary detail
Security Managers	$114,670	100	View salary detail
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$70,790	100	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$60,580	100	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,560	100	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$63,690	100	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$112,270	100	View salary detail
Occupational Therapists	$130,420	100	View salary detail
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists	$130,420	100	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$43,480	100	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$133,970	100	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$64,510	90	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,840	90	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$58,740	90	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$39,120	90	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Dentists, General	$175,950	90	View salary detail
Electrical Engineers	$133,560	90	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$85,950	90	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$103,610	90	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$75,670	90	View salary detail
Computer Programmers	$132,850	90	View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers	$202,380	80	View salary detail
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers	$206,880	80	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$109,890	80	View salary detail
Business Intelligence Analysts	$130,980	80	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$78,640	80	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$122,170	80	View salary detail
Data Scientists	$130,980	80	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$100,130	80	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$94,060	80	View salary detail
Architectural and Engineering Managers	$206,880	80	View salary detail
Computer Hardware Engineers	$169,370	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$78,590	80	View salary detail
Water Resource Specialists	$202,380	80	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$77,530	80	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$77,530	80	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$77,530	80	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$77,530	80	View salary detail
Clinical Data Managers	$130,980	80	View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators	$202,380	80	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.