The annual salary statistics of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters 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 | $33,230 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,690 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $55,640 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters 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 $55,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,230.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters from 2012 to 2018. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $42,610 | 6.01% | 6.01% |
| 2017 | $40,050 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $40,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,610 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 6.7 percent (6.7%) lower than that in the highest paying North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area and 23.5 percent (23.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington |