How much do Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse make in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA?

Percentile spread

For Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, the published 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $42,340. The difference is $8,020, which is 22.0% 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 $34,320 to the 75th at $37,490, covers $3,170.

The mean annual wage is $37,650, which sits above the median of $36,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA median is 2.2% higher than the national median of $35,660 for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,168, which is 7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% higher than the California median of $35,580.

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 $36,450 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at $33,168 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ranks 10th of 18 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 $43,690 and employment of 850. That median is 19.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,566, against $33,168 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 55 miles away, with a median of $43,140 and employment of 1,220. That median is 18.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,314, against $33,168 here.
• Salinas, CA is 66 miles away, with a median of $36,700 and employment of 26,830. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,657, against $33,168 here.

Employment share

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse accounts for 0.48% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (470 of 98,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.17% of employment (265,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.79 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.