The annual salary statistics of healthcare social workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of healthcare social 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 | $42,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $61,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,450 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $80,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for healthcare social 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 $80,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of healthcare social workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $61,620 | -0.67% | 8.24% |
| 2021 | $62,030 | -2.13% | - |
| 2020 | $63,350 | -1.82% | - |
| 2019 | $64,500 | -2.39% | - |
| 2018 | $66,040 | 4.29% | - |
| 2017 | $63,210 | 3.84% | - |
| 2016 | $60,780 | 5.50% | - |
| 2015 | $57,440 | -0.31% | - |
| 2014 | $57,620 | 1.02% | - |
| 2013 | $57,030 | 0.86% | - |
| 2012 | $56,540 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $61,620 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for healthcare social workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of healthcare social workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 7.8 percent (7.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 23.8 percent (23.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wichita Falls.