The annual salary statistics of food preparation workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of food preparation workers 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 | $21,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $27,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,430 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $35,000 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food preparation workers 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 $35,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,880.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food preparation workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $27,330 | -8.78% | 32.24% |
| 2021 | $29,730 | 22.70% | - |
| 2020 | $22,980 | -6.61% | - |
| 2019 | $24,500 | 4.82% | - |
| 2018 | $23,320 | 0.73% | - |
| 2017 | $23,150 | 6.26% | - |
| 2016 | $21,700 | 2.35% | - |
| 2015 | $21,190 | 8.59% | - |
| 2014 | $19,370 | 3.36% | - |
| 2013 | $18,720 | 1.07% | - |
| 2012 | $18,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $27,330 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for food preparation workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of food preparation workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 6.7 percent (6.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Odessa and 21.2 percent (21.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.