The annual salary statistics of diagnostic medical sonographers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of diagnostic medical sonographers 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 | $35,400 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $91,430 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $97,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for diagnostic medical sonographers 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 $97,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,400.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of diagnostic medical sonographers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,260 | 2.71% | 16.11% |
| 2021 | $77,110 | 5.50% | - |
| 2020 | $72,870 | 0.59% | - |
| 2019 | $72,440 | -0.06% | - |
| 2018 | $72,480 | -2.22% | - |
| 2017 | $74,090 | 1.75% | - |
| 2016 | $72,790 | 1.94% | - |
| 2015 | $71,380 | 3.81% | - |
| 2014 | $68,660 | 1.27% | - |
| 2013 | $67,790 | 1.92% | - |
| 2012 | $66,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,260 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for diagnostic medical sonographers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of diagnostic medical sonographers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 6.8 percent (6.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Odessa and 21.2 percent (21.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.