The annual salary statistics of biomedical engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of biomedical engineers 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 | $47,600 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $66,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,760 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $105,190 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $125,860 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for biomedical engineers 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 $125,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,600.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of biomedical engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,760 | 0.59% | -1.93% |
| 2021 | $79,290 | -16.74% | - |
| 2020 | $92,560 | -2.55% | - |
| 2019 | $94,920 | 2.75% | - |
| 2018 | $92,310 | 9.21% | - |
| 2017 | $83,810 | 8.64% | - |
| 2016 | $76,570 | -2.69% | - |
| 2015 | $78,630 | -16.95% | - |
| 2014 | $91,960 | 8.68% | - |
| 2013 | $83,980 | 3.19% | - |
| 2012 | $81,300 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,760 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for biomedical engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of biomedical engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 22.4 percent (22.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Fort Worth-Arlington and 18.8 percent (18.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| College Station-Bryan |