The annual salary statistics of other physical scientists in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of other physical scientists in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $52,650 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,110 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $160,950 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other physical scientists in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $160,950. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,650.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other physical scientists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $78,120 | -4.57% | 13.56% |
| 2021 | $81,690 | 12.14% | - |
| 2020 | $71,770 | 8.26% | - |
| 2019 | $65,840 | -0.33% | - |
| 2018 | $66,060 | -0.20% | - |
| 2017 | $66,190 | -2.02% | - |
| 2014 | $67,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,120 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for other physical scientists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of other physical scientists in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 37.9 percent (37.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 39.2 percent (39.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| College Station-Bryan | |
| Lubbock | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Amarillo | |
| Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area |