The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of desktop publishers 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 | $24,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,670 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $32,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,060 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,790 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers 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 $49,790. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,780.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of desktop publishers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $32,690 | -42.00% | 2.29% |
| 2020 | $46,420 | 6.61% | - |
| 2019 | $43,350 | 6.53% | - |
| 2018 | $40,520 | 1.55% | - |
| 2017 | $39,890 | 1.50% | - |
| 2016 | $39,290 | -2.32% | - |
| 2015 | $40,200 | 4.25% | - |
| 2014 | $38,490 | 9.07% | - |
| 2013 | $35,000 | 8.74% | - |
| 2012 | $31,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,690 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for desktop publishers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of desktop publishers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 23.0 percent (23.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 40.6 percent (40.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.
| 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 |