The annual salary statistics of fire inspectors and investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fire inspectors and investigators 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 | $49,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $71,520 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,700 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fire inspectors and investigators 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 $85,700. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $71,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,240.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fire inspectors and investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $71,520 | -8.07% | 12.93% |
| 2021 | $77,290 | 1.68% | - |
| 2020 | $75,990 | 3.34% | - |
| 2019 | $73,450 | 4.07% | - |
| 2018 | $70,460 | -1.92% | - |
| 2017 | $71,810 | 3.08% | - |
| 2016 | $69,600 | 3.13% | - |
| 2015 | $67,420 | 7.39% | - |
| 2014 | $62,440 | 1.12% | - |
| 2013 | $61,740 | -0.86% | - |
| 2012 | $62,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $71,520, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for fire inspectors and investigators in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $78,380). Compared with Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the median annual salary of fire inspectors and investigators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 8.8 percent (8.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| El Paso | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |