How much do Editors make in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA?

Percentile spread

For Editors, the published 10th percentile is $39,260 and the 90th percentile is $117,720. The difference is $78,460, which is 100.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,020 to the 75th at $93,120, covers $51,100.

The mean annual wage is $73,750, which sits below the median of $77,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA median is about the same as the national median of $77,920 for Editors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,876, which is 9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.5% lower than the California median of $98,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 109.896, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Editors at $70,876 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Editors. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ranks 5th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 36 miles away, with a median of $117,580 and employment of 560. That median is 51% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,481, against $70,876 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 55 miles away, with a median of $102,940 and employment of 2,040. That median is 32.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,038, against $70,876 here.
• Salinas, CA is 66 miles away, with a median of $63,680 and employment of 50. That median is 18.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,400, against $70,876 here.

Employment share

Editors accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (30 of 98,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (91,690 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.52 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.