The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of lawyers in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $65,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $99,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $128,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $173,580 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $173,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $65,880.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $99,090 | 15.83% | 24.13% |
| 2021 | $83,400 | 11.25% | - |
| 2020 | $74,020 | -5.59% | - |
| 2019 | $78,160 | -11.62% | - |
| 2018 | $87,240 | 0.73% | - |
| 2017 | $86,600 | -13.95% | - |
| 2016 | $98,680 | 13.99% | - |
| 2015 | $84,870 | -1.26% | - |
| 2014 | $85,940 | 16.24% | - |
| 2013 | $71,980 | -4.45% | - |
| 2012 | $75,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $99,090 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Brownsville-Harlingen is 36.4 percent (36.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 13.1 percent (13.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.