The annual salary statistics of fish and game wardens in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fish and game wardens 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 | $49,420 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,980 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $85,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $88,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fish and game wardens 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 $88,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,420.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fish and game wardens from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $77,980 | 10.84% | 9.09% |
| 2021 | $69,530 | 4.85% | - |
| 2020 | $66,160 | -4.08% | - |
| 2019 | $68,860 | 3.76% | - |
| 2018 | $66,270 | -6.75% | - |
| 2017 | $70,740 | -0.21% | - |
| 2016 | $70,890 | 3.60% | - |
| 2015 | $68,340 | 9.95% | - |
| 2014 | $61,540 | 7.90% | - |
| 2013 | $56,680 | -25.07% | - |
| 2012 | $70,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,980 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for fish and game wardens in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of fish and game wardens in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is .4 percent (.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 26.5 percent (26.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area.