The annual salary statistics of childcare workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of childcare workers 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 | $21,690 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $23,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $27,580 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $31,810 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for childcare workers 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 $31,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,690.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of childcare workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $23,110 | 1.56% | 21.98% |
| 2021 | $22,750 | 8.97% | - |
| 2020 | $20,710 | -7.24% | - |
| 2019 | $22,210 | 3.74% | - |
| 2018 | $21,380 | 3.84% | - |
| 2017 | $20,560 | 6.27% | - |
| 2016 | $19,270 | 1.19% | - |
| 2015 | $19,040 | 2.36% | - |
| 2014 | $18,590 | 0.05% | - |
| 2013 | $18,580 | 2.96% | - |
| 2012 | $18,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $23,110 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for childcare workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of childcare workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 37.2 percent (37.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Brownsville-Harlingen and 18.4 percent (18.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fort Worth-Arlington.