The annual salary statistics of chemists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of chemists 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 | $51,830 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,130 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $107,810 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $159,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemists 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 $159,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,830.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chemists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $80,130 | -9.40% | 10.83% |
| 2021 | $87,660 | -6.90% | - |
| 2020 | $93,710 | 8.14% | - |
| 2019 | $86,080 | -4.82% | - |
| 2018 | $90,230 | 16.60% | - |
| 2017 | $75,250 | -2.37% | - |
| 2016 | $77,030 | 17.69% | - |
| 2015 | $63,400 | -7.22% | - |
| 2014 | $67,980 | 7.75% | - |
| 2013 | $62,710 | -13.94% | - |
| 2012 | $71,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $80,130 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for chemists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of chemists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 21.6 percent (21.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 44.3 percent (44.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.