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Technology salaries in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

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Technology Headhunters uses BLS OEWS data to answer this pay question. BLS published a median in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA for 464 of our roles, covering 26 BLS occupations (May 2025). The highest is AI Engineering Manager, at $198,770.

All-occupation median, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$54,730SOC 00-0000, BLS

All-occupation employment98,500BLS estimate

Several titles share one BLS occupation and show identical figures. Each title's mapping is on its own page.

Chart shows annual pay for the first 10 entries. Band is the 25th to 75th percentile, the thick line is the median, whiskers reach the 10th and 90th percentiles. Every figure is repeated in the table.

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Roles in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ranked by median, May 2025 (annual)
#	Role	Median	P25 to P75	Employment	vs all occupations	LQ
1	AI Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
2	AI Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
3	Business Systems Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
4	Chief AI Officer	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
5	Chief Data Officer / Head of Data	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
6	Chief Data Officer / VP of Data	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
7	Chief Digital Officer	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
8	CIO	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
9	CISO	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
10	Construction Tech Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
11	Construction Tech Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
12	Construction Technology Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
13	Construction Technology Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
14	CTO	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
15	Data Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
16	Data Governance Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
17	Deputy CISO / BISO	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
18	Director of Construction Technology / Innovation	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
19	Director of Data Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
20	Director of Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
21	Director of Enterprise Applications	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
22	Director of Information Security	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
23	Director of IT Operations	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
24	Embedded Software Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
25	Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
26	Enterprise Applications Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
27	Fintech Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
28	Fintech Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
29	Head of AI	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
30	Head of AI / VP of AI	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
31	Head of Data Science	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
32	Head of Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
33	Head of Infrastructure	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
34	Head of Infrastructure / Director of Platform	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
35	Health Systems IT Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
36	Infrastructure Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
37	IT Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
38	IT Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
39	IT Service Management Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
40	Machine Learning Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
41	Manufacturing IT Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
42	Manufacturing IT Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
43	MSP IT Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
44	MSP Service Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
45	Network Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
46	NOC Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
47	Platform Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
48	Procore Construction Technology Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
49	Procore Construction Technology Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
50	QA Manager / Head of Quality Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
51	SaaS Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
52	SaaS Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
53	Security Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
54	Senior Director of Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
55	Senior Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
56	Senior IT Director	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
57	Service Desk Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
58	SOC Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
59	Software Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
60	Solutions Engineering Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
61	Startup CTO	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
62	SVP of Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
63	vCIO / Technology Alignment Manager	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
64	VP of Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
65	VP of Infrastructure	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
66	VP of IT	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
67	VP of Platform Engineering	$198,770	$154,990 to $230,160	260	3.63x	0.61
68	FPGA Engineer	$182,840	$126,930 to $204,230	30	3.34x	0.53
69	Hardware / Electrical Engineer	$169,370	$107,120 to $214,600	80	3.09x	1.6
70	.NET / C# Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
71	.NET / C# Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
72	.NET / C# Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
73	.NET / C# Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
74	.NET / C# Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
75	AI Agent Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
76	AI Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
77	Android Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
78	Angular Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
79	API / Integration Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
80	Associate Software Engineer / Software Engineer I	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
81	Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
82	C++ Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
83	C++ Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
84	Cleared Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
85	Computer Vision Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
86	Computer Vision Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
87	Computer Vision Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
88	Construction Tech AI Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
89	ConTech Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
90	Cross-Platform Mobile Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
91	Distinguished Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
92	Dynamics 365 CE / Power Platform Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
93	Elixir Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
94	Embedded Linux Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
95	Embedded Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
96	Financial Services Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
97	Financial Services Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
98	Fintech AI Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
99	Firmware Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
100	Flutter Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
101	Forward Deployed Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
102	Founding Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
103	Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
104	Go (Golang) Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
105	Go Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
106	Go Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
107	Healthtech Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
108	Healthtech Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
109	HL7 / FHIR Integration Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
110	Hybrid Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
111	Implementation Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
112	iOS Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
113	IoT Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
114	Java Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
115	Java Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
116	Java Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
117	Junior Embedded Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
118	Junior Software Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
119	Lead Embedded Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
120	Lead Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
121	Lead Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
122	LLM / Generative AI Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
123	Low-Latency / Trading Systems Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
124	Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
125	ML Platform / Infrastructure Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
126	MLOps Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
127	Mobile Architect	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
128	Mobile Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
129	NetSuite Administrator / Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
130	NLP Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
131	NLP Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
132	Node.js Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
133	Node.js Backend Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
134	Node.js Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
135	Node.js Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
136	PHP / Laravel Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
137	Principal Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
138	Principal Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
139	Principal Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
140	Product Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
141	Public Sector Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
142	Public Sector Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
143	Python Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
144	Python Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
145	Python Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
146	React Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
147	React Native Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
148	Recommendation Systems Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
149	Recommendation Systems Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
150	Remote Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
151	Robotics Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
152	RPA Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
153	Ruby on Rails Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
154	Ruby on Rails Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
155	Ruby on Rails Full Stack Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
156	Rust Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
157	SaaS AI Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
158	SaaS Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
159	Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
160	SAP ABAP Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
161	Scala Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
162	Senior / Staff ML Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
163	Senior Android Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
164	Senior Embedded Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
165	Senior iOS Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
166	Senior Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
167	Senior Salesforce Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
168	Senior Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
169	ServiceNow Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
170	Software Architect	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
171	Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
172	Staff and Principal Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
173	Staff Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
174	Staff Machine Learning Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
175	Staff Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
176	Tech Lead / Lead Software Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
177	TypeScript / JavaScript Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
178	Vue.js Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
179	Web3 / Blockchain Engineer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
180	Workday Integration Developer	$156,910	$124,210 to $175,720	540	2.87x	0.51
181	Accessibility Tester	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
182	Fintech QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
183	Healthtech QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
184	Junior QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
185	Lead QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
186	Mobile QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
187	Performance Test Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
188	QA Analyst	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
189	QA Automation Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
190	QA Automation Engineer / SDET	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
191	QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
192	QA Tester / Manual QA Tester	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
193	SaaS QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
194	SDET	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
195	Senior QA Engineer	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
196	Test Automation Architect	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
197	UAT Tester / UAT Coordinator	$133,970	$97,820 to $168,150	100	2.45x	0.86
198	SCADA / Controls Engineer	$133,560	$122,080 to $171,230	90	2.44x	0.74
199	AV Programmer	$132,850	$106,750 to $152,490	90	2.43x	1.59
200	Mainframe / COBOL Developer	$132,850	$106,750 to $152,490	90	2.43x	1.59
201	Programmer Analyst (Application Developer)	$132,850	$106,750 to $152,490	90	2.43x	1.59
202	SQL Developer	$132,850	$106,750 to $152,490	90	2.43x	1.59
203	BI Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
204	BI Developer	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
205	Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
206	Data Migration / Conversion Specialist	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
207	Data Quality Analyst / Data Steward	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
208	Data Scientist	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
209	Decision Scientist	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
210	Health Systems Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
211	Health Systems Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
212	Junior Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
213	Lead Data Scientist	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
214	NLP Engineer	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
215	Power BI Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
216	Power BI Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
217	Product Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
218	Recommendation Systems Engineer	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
219	Reporting Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
220	Senior Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
221	Senior Data Scientist	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
222	SQL Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
223	SQL Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
224	Tableau Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
225	Tableau Data Analyst	$130,980	$92,010 to $161,850	80	2.39x	0.51
226	Business Systems Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
227	Construction ERP Administrator (Viewpoint Vista / CMiC / Sage 300 CRE)	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
228	Customer Onboarding Specialist	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
229	Dynamics 365 F&O Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
230	Dynamics 365 F&O Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
231	EDI Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
232	Epic Application Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
233	Epic Bridges / Interface Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
234	Epic Clarity / Cogito Report Writer	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
235	ERP Support Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
236	HRIS Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
237	Implementation Manager	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
238	Implementation Specialist	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
239	Junior Salesforce Administrator	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
240	Junior Systems Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
241	MES Engineer	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
242	Oracle Cloud ERP Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
243	Oracle Health (Cerner) Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
244	Procore Administrator	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
245	Salesforce Administrator	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
246	Salesforce Architect	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
247	Salesforce Functional Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
248	Salesforce Marketing Cloud Specialist	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
249	SAP Basis Administrator	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
250	SAP S/4HANA Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
251	Senior Business Systems Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
252	Senior Systems Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
253	ServiceNow Administrator	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
254	ServiceNow Architect	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
255	Systems Analyst	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
256	Workday Financials Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
257	Workday HCM Consultant	$124,450	$100,130 to $139,540	490	2.27x	1.5
258	Atlassian (Jira and Confluence) Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
259	AWS Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
260	AWS DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
261	AWS Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
262	AWS Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
263	Azure Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
264	Azure DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
265	Azure DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
266	Azure Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
267	Build and Release Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
268	Business Applications / SaaS Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
269	Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
270	CRM Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
271	Developer Experience Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
272	DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
273	Endpoint Engineer (Intune / Jamf)	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
274	ERP Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
275	Fintech Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
276	GCP Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
277	GCP Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
278	GCP Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
279	GCP Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
280	Google Workspace Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
281	Govtech Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
282	Govtech Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
283	Infrastructure Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
284	Junior Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
285	Kubernetes DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
286	Kubernetes DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
287	Kubernetes Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
288	Linux Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
289	Linux Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
290	Linux Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
291	Microsoft 365 / Windows Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
292	Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
293	Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
294	MSP Escalation Engineer (Tier 3)	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
295	MSP Project / Onboarding Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
296	MSP Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
297	MSP Systems Technician (Tier 2)	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
298	Observability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
299	Platform Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
300	SaaS Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
301	Senior Cloud Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
302	Senior DevOps Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
303	Senior ERP Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
304	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
305	Senior Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
306	Senior Systems Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
307	SharePoint Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
308	Site Reliability Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
309	Staff Platform Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
310	Storage and Backup Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
311	Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
312	Systems Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
313	Terraform / Infrastructure as Code Engineer	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
314	UKG (Kronos) Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
315	Virtualization Engineer (VMware / Nutanix)	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
316	Windows Server Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
317	Windows Server Systems Administrator	$118,810	$96,830 to $137,970	140	2.17x	0.69
318	Design Engineer / UX Engineer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
319	Design Systems Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
320	Interaction Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
321	Junior Product Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
322	Lead Product Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
323	Principal Product Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
324	Product Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
325	Senior Product Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
326	UI Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
327	UX Designer	$114,220	$79,400 to $155,560	60	2.09x	0.78
328	Access Provisioning Analyst	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
329	Change Coordinator	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
330	Chief Architect	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
331	CMDB Analyst	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
332	Computer Operator / Batch Scheduling Analyst	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
333	Enterprise Architect	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
334	GIS Analyst	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
335	GIS Analyst / GIS Technician	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
336	IT Asset Management Specialist	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
337	ITSM Analyst	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
338	ITSM Analyst (incident, problem, change)	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
339	Knowledge Management Specialist	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
340	Mobility and Telecom Expense Coordinator	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
341	Senior IT Asset Management Specialist	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
342	Software Asset / Licensing Analyst	$107,990	$79,760 to $163,090	180	1.97x	0.65
343	Agile Coach	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
344	Associate IT Project Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
345	Associate Technical Program Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
346	AV Project Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
347	Delivery Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
348	Deployment Coordinator	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
349	Director of PMO / Head of Delivery	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
350	ERP Project Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
351	IT Business Analyst	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
352	IT PMO Analyst	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
353	IT Program Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
354	IT Project Coordinator	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
355	IT Project Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
356	Principal Technical Program Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
357	Release Train Engineer (SAFe)	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
358	Scrum Master	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
359	Scrum Master / Agile Coach	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
360	Senior / Principal TPM	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
361	Senior Technical Program Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
362	Technical Program Manager	$106,780	$78,500 to $134,180	440	1.95x	0.65
363	Command Center / IT Operations Center Analyst	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
364	Network Technician	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
365	NOC Analyst (Tier 2)	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
366	NOC Engineer	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
367	NOC Technician	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
368	NOC Technician (Tier 1)	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
369	Patch Management Analyst	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
370	Senior Network Technician	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
371	Senior NOC Analyst	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
372	Wireless and DAS Technician	$102,980	$76,150 to $130,990	50	1.88x	0.54
373	Database Administrator	$102,510	$82,790 to $134,240	40	1.87x	0.91
374	Database Analyst	$102,510	$82,790 to $134,240	40	1.87x	0.91
375	GRC Analyst	$86,510	$65,810 to $124,410	200	1.58x	0.76
376	GRC Manager	$86,510	$65,810 to $124,410	200	1.58x	0.76
377	Lead Cabling Technician / Low Voltage Foreman	$83,030	$70,930 to $102,520	60	1.52x	0.65
378	Structured Cabling / Low Voltage Technician	$83,030	$70,930 to $102,520	60	1.52x	0.65
379	Structured Cabling Technician	$83,030	$70,930 to $102,520	60	1.52x	0.65
380	Telecom / VoIP Technician	$83,030	$70,930 to $102,520	60	1.52x	0.65
381	Angular Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
382	Angular Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
383	Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
384	TypeScript Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
385	TypeScript Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
386	Vue.js Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
387	Vue.js Frontend Engineer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
388	Web Developer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
389	WordPress / CMS Developer	$81,350	$59,220 to $122,470	40	1.49x	0.81
390	Epic Credentialed Trainer	$77,400	$50,120 to $99,090	280	1.41x	0.96
391	IT Trainer	$77,400	$50,120 to $99,090	280	1.41x	0.96
392	IT Trainer / End User Trainer	$77,400	$50,120 to $99,090	280	1.41x	0.96
393	IT Procurement Specialist	$77,250	$55,590 to $98,800	260	1.41x	0.82
394	IT Vendor and Contracts Analyst	$77,250	$55,590 to $98,800	260	1.41x	0.82
395	Application Support Analyst	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
396	Bilingual Help Desk Analyst	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
397	Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (English and Spanish)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
398	Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
399	Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
400	Bilingual Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
401	Bilingual Service Desk Analyst	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
402	Classroom and Instructional Technology Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
403	Cleared Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
404	Construction Tech IT Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
405	Cybersecurity Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
406	Cybersecurity Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
407	Data Platforms Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
408	Data Platforms Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
409	Desktop Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
410	Desktop Support Manager / End User Services Manager	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
411	Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
412	Enterprise Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
413	Enterprise Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
414	Field Service Engineer (IT hardware, break/fix)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
415	Fintech Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
416	Go-Live / At-the-Elbow Support Analyst (EHR and ERP)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
417	Google Workspace IT Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
418	Google Workspace IT Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
419	Govtech Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
420	Health Systems Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
421	Health Systems Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
422	Healthcare Service Desk Analyst (clinical service desk)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
423	Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
424	Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
425	Help Desk Supervisor / Service Desk Team Lead	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
426	Imaging and Deployment Technician (PC refresh, OS upgrades)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
427	IT Field Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
428	IT Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
429	Jobsite IT Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
430	Jobsite IT Technician (construction)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
431	Junior Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
432	Junior IT Field Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
433	Mac and Apple Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
434	Mac Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
435	Mac Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
436	Microsoft 365 Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
437	Microsoft 365 IT Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
438	MSP Help Desk Analyst (Tier 1)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
439	MSP Help Desk Analyst (Tier 2)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
440	MSP Help Desk Technician (Tier 1)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
441	MSP IT Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
442	MSP Technician (Tier 1 to 2)	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
443	POS and Retail Technology Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
444	Production Support Analyst	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
445	Remote Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
446	Senior Desktop Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
447	Senior IT Field Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
448	Senior Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
449	Service Desk Analyst	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
450	Technical Support Engineer	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
451	Technical Support Specialist	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
452	Tier 3 Support Analyst	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
453	Traveling Rollout Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
454	VIP / Executive Support Technician	$75,720	$61,780 to $95,260	210	1.38x	0.47
455	Access Control and Video Surveillance Technician	$66,080	$49,910 to $94,030	30	1.21x	0.63
456	Field Service Dispatcher / Field Services Coordinator	$57,100	$47,390 to $65,580	120	1.04x	0.9
457	MSP Service Coordinator / Dispatcher	$57,100	$47,390 to $65,580	120	1.04x	0.9
458	AV Installation Technician	$56,790	$45,440 to $71,010	40	1.04x	0.8
459	AV Technician	$56,790	$45,440 to $71,010	40	1.04x	0.8
460	AV Technician and AV Installer	$56,790	$45,440 to $71,010	40	1.04x	0.8
461	Lead AV Technician	$56,790	$45,440 to $71,010	40	1.04x	0.8
462	Critical Facilities Technician	$50,000	$45,340 to $61,810	880	0.91x	0.91
463	Critical Facilities Technician (data center power and cooling)	$50,000	$45,340 to $61,810	880	0.91x	0.91
464	IT Asset Technician (receiving, imaging handoff, ITAD and disposal)	$48,340	$40,720 to $58,090	410	0.88x	0.78

Ranked by median in the unit BLS published. Annual and hourly figures are never converted for ranking: occupations BLS released hourly only are ranked in a separate hourly table. "Or more" medians rank at the top-code threshold. Entries without a published median are not listed.

"vs all occupations" divides the role's annual median by the area's all-occupations annual median. LQ is employment concentration, not a pay adjustment.

What these figures leave out for technology hires

BLS OEWS wages are straight-time gross pay. They include base rate, guaranteed pay, incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses, and cost-of-living allowances. They exclude overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, severance and employer-paid benefits.

Our interpretation, not a BLS statement: the BLS definition does not name stock or equity grants, so we treat them as outside these figures and add nothing for them. If a technology offer leans on discretionary bonus or equity, we read the published figure as describing only the cash pay inside the BLS definition.

BLS definition: Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

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What do these figures mean for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA?

For technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, the May 2025 median is $198,770 per year for Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021); it describes workers in that BLS occupation and geography, not an independent survey of this recruiting title or a quote for a candidate with a particular background.

The middle half of the occupation behind technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA runs from $154,990 to $230,160, a $75,170 band; compare responsibilities before using those endpoints in an offer, because the distribution does not identify junior, senior or management pay grades.

For technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, the outer published markers are $126,980 at P10 and $306,260 at P90; an amount between those points has no exact percentile assigned here, while a source-marked lower bound stays open and an unavailable wage stays unavailable rather than becoming zero.

The technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA occupation median compares with $175,140 nationally, a difference of $23,630; both cells use SOC 11-3021, and the difference is neither a cost-of-living adjustment nor a premium every local candidate receives for doing the job.

Area comparisons for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA include San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA at $291,660 and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA at $232,890; these metros are selected by Census reference-point distance, not commuting time, and each figure remains tied to its own BLS area rather than replacing an unpublished local estimate.

No comparable May 2024 median is available for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, so no release-to-release change is calculated; the $198,770 May 2025 median stands on its own reference period, and the missing earlier cell establishes neither growth nor decline in wages for the occupation or this opening.

When discussing an offer for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, keep equity and RSUs separate from the $198,770 occupation median; OEWS includes commissions and production bonuses but excludes overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and employer benefits, making it neither pure base salary nor total compensation for the person you hire.

BLS employment for the occupation behind technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 260; this describes employment in Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021), not available applicants, so use it to understand the occupation's presence while keeping the search for a person with your required systems knowledge and ownership scope separate.

Which national industries report pay for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA?

The table below gives released national industry medians for Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021), selected for this technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA discussion. These CTO industry rows are national cuts, not industry-specific wages for Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

National industry rows for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, BLS May 2025
BLS industry	NAICS	Published median	Employment
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	523000	$214,460	18,630
Nondepository Credit Intermediation	522200	$207,160	6,000
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	521000	$206,320	670
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	521100	$206,320	670
Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	522290	$205,310	3,660
Software Publishers	513200	$202,250	35,120

Questions about technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

Which occupation prices technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA?

The technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA figures use Computer and Information Systems Managers, SOC 11-3021. BLS does not release an exact rate for an employer's particular CTO opening in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

Does the technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA band price seniority?

The $154,990 to $230,160 band describes the published occupation distribution for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA. It is not a junior-to-senior ladder for CTO in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

Can I treat the May 2025 technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA median as a complete offer?

The $198,770 wage cell for technology hiring in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA starts a cash-pay comparison. Benefits and equity for CTO in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA need a separate discussion from this BLS cell.

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