The annual salary statistics of interpreters and translators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of interpreters and translators 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 | $32,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,030 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,350 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,720 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for interpreters and translators 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 $78,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,030. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of interpreters and translators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $46,030 | 6.19% | -5.08% |
| 2021 | $43,180 | -14.94% | - |
| 2020 | $49,630 | -0.66% | - |
| 2019 | $49,960 | -7.03% | - |
| 2018 | $53,470 | 3.33% | - |
| 2017 | $51,690 | -1.72% | - |
| 2016 | $52,580 | -7.02% | - |
| 2015 | $56,270 | 4.50% | - |
| 2014 | $53,740 | 2.51% | - |
| 2013 | $52,390 | 7.67% | - |
| 2012 | $48,370 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,030 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for interpreters and translators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of interpreters and translators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 33.9 percent (33.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Lubbock and 58.4 percent (58.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Lubbock | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Waco | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| El Paso | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | |
| Amarillo | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Tyler | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |