The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of civil 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 | $63,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $92,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $130,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $163,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil 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 $163,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $92,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $92,090 | -6.45% | -4.85% |
| 2021 | $98,030 | 7.28% | - |
| 2020 | $90,890 | -6.83% | - |
| 2019 | $97,100 | -9.39% | - |
| 2018 | $106,220 | 1.25% | - |
| 2017 | $104,890 | -1.55% | - |
| 2016 | $106,520 | 3.42% | - |
| 2015 | $102,880 | -2.45% | - |
| 2014 | $105,400 | 4.94% | - |
| 2013 | $100,190 | 3.62% | - |
| 2012 | $96,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $92,090, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for civil engineers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Beaumont-Port Arthur (median annual salary of $94,570). Compared with Beaumont-Port Arthur, the median annual salary of civil engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 2.6 percent (2.6%) lower.