The annual salary statistics of other biological scientists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of other biological 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 | $50,750 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,000 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $107,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $113,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other biological 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 $113,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,750.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other biological scientists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $78,870 | -12.96% | -1.66% |
| 2021 | $89,090 | -6.18% | - |
| 2020 | $94,600 | -0.38% | - |
| 2019 | $94,960 | -0.01% | - |
| 2018 | $94,970 | 10.99% | - |
| 2017 | $84,530 | 0.43% | - |
| 2016 | $84,170 | 28.73% | - |
| 2015 | $59,990 | 1.53% | - |
| 2014 | $59,070 | -35.74% | - |
| 2012 | $80,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $78,870 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for other biological scientists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of other biological scientists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 10.2 percent (10.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Brownsville-Harlingen and 21.6 percent (21.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.