The annual salary statistics of aerospace engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of aerospace engineers 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 | $79,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $96,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $115,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $126,670 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $162,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for aerospace engineers 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 $162,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $115,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,570.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of aerospace engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $115,690 | 14.16% | 16.88% |
| 2021 | $99,310 | -29.94% | - |
| 2020 | $129,040 | 6.49% | - |
| 2019 | $120,660 | 1.74% | - |
| 2018 | $118,560 | 5.53% | - |
| 2017 | $112,000 | 14.14% | - |
| 2016 | $96,160 | 2.57% | - |
| 2015 | $93,690 | 1.10% | - |
| 2014 | $92,660 | -3.78% | - |
| 2012 | $96,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $115,690 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for aerospace engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of aerospace engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 13.3 percent (13.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 57.3 percent (57.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Amarillo | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Waco | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood | |
| College Station-Bryan |