The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of highway maintenance 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 | $29,710 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,520 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,930 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $40,620 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance 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 $48,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,710.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $35,930 | -5.18% | 11.94% |
| 2021 | $37,790 | 5.00% | - |
| 2020 | $35,900 | 4.37% | - |
| 2019 | $34,330 | -14.97% | - |
| 2018 | $39,470 | 4.33% | - |
| 2017 | $37,760 | -3.10% | - |
| 2016 | $38,930 | 8.91% | - |
| 2015 | $35,460 | 6.91% | - |
| 2014 | $33,010 | 1.15% | - |
| 2013 | $32,630 | 3.03% | - |
| 2012 | $31,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,930 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 11.0 percent (11.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Odessa and 20.9 percent (20.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Midland.