The annual salary statistics of embalmers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of embalmers 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 | $40,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,960 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,920 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,130 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for embalmers 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 $77,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,960. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of embalmers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,960 | 8.70% | 28.57% |
| 2021 | $44,700 | -7.00% | - |
| 2020 | $47,830 | 2.32% | - |
| 2019 | $46,720 | 5.57% | - |
| 2018 | $44,120 | 20.74% | - |
| 2012 | $34,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $48,960, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for embalmers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (median annual salary of $49,850). Compared with Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the median annual salary of embalmers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 1.8 percent (1.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington |