The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of lawyers 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 | $84,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $95,540 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $139,510 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $217,530 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $217,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $139,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $84,810.
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 | $139,510 | 4.22% | -12.17% |
| 2021 | $133,620 | 8.79% | - |
| 2020 | $121,870 | -11.45% | - |
| 2019 | $135,830 | -14.00% | - |
| 2018 | $154,840 | -2.25% | - |
| 2017 | $158,330 | -2.82% | - |
| 2016 | $162,800 | 10.01% | - |
| 2015 | $146,500 | -2.88% | - |
| 2014 | $150,720 | 1.53% | - |
| 2013 | $148,410 | -5.44% | - |
| 2012 | $156,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $139,510 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 10.5 percent (10.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 38.3 percent (38.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.