The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of materials engineers 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 | $86,140 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $98,210 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $132,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $162,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $176,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers 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 $176,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $132,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $86,140.
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 | $132,750 | 4.50% | 36.05% |
| 2021 | $126,780 | 3.10% | - |
| 2020 | $122,850 | 16.50% | - |
| 2019 | $102,580 | 4.52% | - |
| 2018 | $97,940 | 3.44% | - |
| 2017 | $94,570 | -12.31% | - |
| 2016 | $106,210 | 0.54% | - |
| 2015 | $105,640 | 1.33% | - |
| 2014 | $104,240 | 9.70% | - |
| 2013 | $94,130 | 9.81% | - |
| 2012 | $84,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $132,750, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the highest paying city for materials engineers in state of Texas, followed by North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary $107,490). In comparison, the median annual salary of materials engineers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 19.0 percent (19.0%) higher than that in North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| 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 |