The annual and hourly salary statistics of medical appliance technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage information of medical appliance technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2017 and published in April 2018 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $22,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,160 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,660 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical appliance technicians 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 $66,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,570.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical appliance technicians from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $36,160 | 2.43% | 15.87% |
| 2016 | $35,280 | -1.87% | - |
| 2015 | $35,940 | -75.63% | - |
| 2014 | $63,120 | 48.67% | - |
| 2013 | $32,400 | 6.11% | - |
| 2012 | $30,420 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,160 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for medical appliance technicians in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of medical appliance technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 17.3 percent (17.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Antonio-New Braunfels and 36.2 percent (36.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Amarillo.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Tyler | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Lubbock | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | |
| Amarillo |