The annual and hourly salary statistics of all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage data of all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2012 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
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| 75th Percentile Wage | |
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| 10th Percentile Wage |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $16,410.
| Percentile Bracket | Average Hourly Salary |
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| 90th Percentile Wage | |
| 75th Percentile Wage | |
| 50th Percentile Wage | |
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| 10th Percentile Wage |
Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas. The average hourly salary for the 90th percentile is $28.62. The median hourly salary is $10.76. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $7.89.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $22,390, Brownsville-Harlingen is the lowest paying city for all occupations in state of Texas, following city of Dallas-Plano-Irving (median annual salary of $35,670). Compared with the highest paying city Dallas-Plano-Irving, the median annual salary of all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen is 37.2 percent (37.2%) lower.
From Table 4, notice that the median annual salary of all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen is lower than the salary statistics of both state of Texas and the United States. Specifically, the median salary of all occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen ($22,390) is 30.8 percent (30.8%) lower than that in Texas ($32,350) and 35.6 percent (35.6%) lower than that in the United States ($34,750).
| Region | Median annual Salary |
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| Texas | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen |