The annual salary statistics of medical secretaries in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of medical secretaries 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 | $28,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $43,470 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,450 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical secretaries 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 $48,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,120.
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 | $37,620 | 1.20% | 16.69% |
| 2021 | $37,170 | 1.91% | - |
| 2020 | $36,460 | 4.06% | - |
| 2019 | $34,980 | 0.11% | - |
| 2018 | $34,940 | 2.95% | - |
| 2017 | $33,910 | 2.48% | - |
| 2016 | $33,070 | 3.81% | - |
| 2015 | $31,810 | 1.26% | - |
| 2014 | $31,410 | -0.38% | - |
| 2013 | $31,530 | 0.60% | - |
| 2012 | $31,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,620 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for medical secretaries in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of medical secretaries in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 2.4 percent (2.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 24.1 percent (24.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.