The annual salary statistics of cost estimators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of cost estimators 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 | $41,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $74,280 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $93,420 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $115,510 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cost estimators 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 $115,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $74,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,940.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cost estimators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $74,280 | 2.25% | 14.03% |
| 2021 | $72,610 | -0.70% | - |
| 2020 | $73,120 | -2.00% | - |
| 2019 | $74,580 | -0.21% | - |
| 2018 | $74,740 | 4.00% | - |
| 2017 | $71,750 | 5.51% | - |
| 2016 | $67,800 | 1.15% | - |
| 2015 | $67,020 | 6.28% | - |
| 2014 | $62,810 | -4.27% | - |
| 2013 | $65,490 | 2.49% | - |
| 2012 | $63,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $74,280 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for cost estimators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of cost estimators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 3.2 percent (3.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Odessa and 35.4 percent (35.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Abilene.