The annual salary statistics of butchers and meat cutters in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of butchers and meat cutters 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 | $22,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,000 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for butchers and meat cutters 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 $49,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of butchers and meat cutters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,140 | 19.68% | 34.84% |
| 2021 | $29,830 | 18.17% | - |
| 2020 | $24,410 | 0.74% | - |
| 2019 | $24,230 | 7.72% | - |
| 2018 | $22,360 | -15.34% | - |
| 2017 | $25,790 | -1.71% | - |
| 2016 | $26,230 | 13.65% | - |
| 2015 | $22,650 | -0.66% | - |
| 2014 | $22,800 | -0.31% | - |
| 2013 | $22,870 | -5.82% | - |
| 2012 | $24,200 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,140 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for butchers and meat cutters in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of butchers and meat cutters in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 12.4 percent (12.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Corpus Christi and 35.8 percent (35.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fort Worth-Arlington.