The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of desktop publishers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 | $19,270 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $70,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $96,140 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $96,140. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,270.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of desktop publishers from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $42,260 | -9.04% | 14.67% |
| 2019 | $46,080 | 11.98% | - |
| 2018 | $40,560 | 2.69% | - |
| 2017 | $39,470 | 4.54% | - |
| 2016 | $37,680 | 7.67% | - |
| 2015 | $34,790 | 2.59% | - |
| 2014 | $33,890 | -0.30% | - |
| 2013 | $33,990 | -6.09% | - |
| 2012 | $36,060 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $42,260, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for desktop publishers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Dallas-Plano-Irving (median annual salary of $42,430). Compared with Dallas-Plano-Irving, the median annual salary of desktop publishers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is .4 percent (.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Lubbock | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| El Paso | |
| College Station-Bryan |