The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 | $59,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $100,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $128,600 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $162,770 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $162,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $100,710 | -25.98% | 29.98% |
| 2021 | $126,870 | 21.78% | - |
| 2020 | $99,240 | 3.52% | - |
| 2019 | $95,750 | -0.97% | - |
| 2018 | $96,680 | 4.66% | - |
| 2017 | $92,170 | 10.57% | - |
| 2016 | $82,430 | 2.92% | - |
| 2015 | $80,020 | 0.30% | - |
| 2014 | $79,780 | 11.61% | - |
| 2012 | $70,520 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $100,710 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for materials engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of materials engineers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 24.1 percent (24.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 50.4 percent (50.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | |
| El Paso | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| College Station-Bryan |