The annual salary statistics of medical secretaries in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of medical secretaries 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 | $22,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $38,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical secretaries 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 $38,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,560.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical secretaries from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $29,350 | 1.70% | 22.93% |
| 2021 | $28,850 | -1.87% | - |
| 2020 | $29,390 | 7.21% | - |
| 2019 | $27,270 | 6.60% | - |
| 2018 | $25,470 | -1.22% | - |
| 2017 | $25,780 | 6.17% | - |
| 2016 | $24,190 | -0.29% | - |
| 2015 | $24,260 | 12.70% | - |
| 2014 | $21,180 | -5.95% | - |
| 2013 | $22,440 | -0.80% | - |
| 2012 | $22,620 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,350 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for medical secretaries in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of medical secretaries in Brownsville-Harlingen is 23.8 percent (23.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 2.7 percent (2.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.