The annual salary statistics of commercial and industrial designers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of commercial and industrial designers 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 | $47,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,250 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $72,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $131,420 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $154,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial and industrial designers 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 $154,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $72,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial and industrial designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $72,990 | 11.45% | 7.40% |
| 2021 | $64,630 | -9.92% | - |
| 2020 | $71,040 | -4.39% | - |
| 2019 | $74,160 | -1.29% | - |
| 2018 | $75,120 | -2.00% | - |
| 2017 | $76,620 | 15.94% | - |
| 2016 | $64,410 | -23.10% | - |
| 2015 | $79,290 | 4.49% | - |
| 2014 | $75,730 | 3.88% | - |
| 2013 | $72,790 | 7.14% | - |
| 2012 | $67,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $72,990 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for commercial and industrial designers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial and industrial designers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 25.5 percent (25.5%) lower than that in the highest paying North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area and 40.6 percent (40.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Longview.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Longview |