The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food scientists and technologists 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 | $57,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $73,200 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $90,730 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $114,290 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,160 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists 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 $128,160. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $90,730. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food scientists and technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $90,730 | 9.71% | 31.97% |
| 2021 | $81,920 | 19.49% | - |
| 2020 | $65,950 | 0.09% | - |
| 2019 | $65,890 | -1.84% | - |
| 2018 | $67,100 | 6.04% | - |
| 2017 | $63,050 | -5.38% | - |
| 2016 | $66,440 | -6.20% | - |
| 2015 | $70,560 | 6.22% | - |
| 2014 | $66,170 | 2.15% | - |
| 2013 | $64,750 | 4.68% | - |
| 2012 | $61,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $90,730 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for food scientists and technologists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of food scientists and technologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 10.4 percent (10.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 49.5 percent (49.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area |