The annual salary statistics of other physical scientists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of other physical scientists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $51,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $56,250 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $71,030 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $141,420 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $176,280 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other physical scientists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $176,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $71,030. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,620.
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 | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $71,030 | -15.01% | -26.06% |
| 2021 | $81,690 | -17.73% | - |
| 2020 | $96,170 | 7.07% | - |
| 2019 | $89,370 | -10.55% | - |
| 2018 | $98,800 | 16.30% | - |
| 2017 | $82,700 | -19.14% | - |
| 2016 | $98,530 | -2.23% | - |
| 2015 | $100,730 | 14.43% | - |
| 2014 | $86,190 | -14.83% | - |
| 2013 | $98,970 | 9.53% | - |
| 2012 | $89,540 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $71,030 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 43.6 percent (43.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 33.2 percent (33.2%) 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 |