The annual salary statistics of court reporters in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of court reporters 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 | $17,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,440 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $54,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,040 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $95,170 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for court reporters 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 $95,170. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $54,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of court reporters from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $54,310 | -6.81% | -22.70% |
| 2017 | $58,010 | -21.58% | - |
| 2016 | $70,530 | 12.12% | - |
| 2015 | $61,980 | -2.03% | - |
| 2014 | $63,240 | 20.13% | - |
| 2013 | $50,510 | -31.93% | - |
| 2012 | $66,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $54,310 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for court reporters in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of court reporters in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 37.1 percent (37.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 48.2 percent (48.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| El Paso | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area |