The annual salary statistics of opticians, dispensing in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of opticians, dispensing 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 | $27,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,840 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $43,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for opticians, dispensing 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 $43,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,840. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of opticians, dispensing from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $34,840 | 14.90% | 19.26% |
| 2021 | $29,650 | -28.47% | - |
| 2020 | $38,090 | 2.26% | - |
| 2019 | $37,230 | 10.15% | - |
| 2018 | $33,450 | 5.11% | - |
| 2017 | $31,740 | -0.13% | - |
| 2016 | $31,780 | 4.63% | - |
| 2015 | $30,310 | 6.20% | - |
| 2014 | $28,430 | -1.09% | - |
| 2013 | $28,740 | 2.12% | - |
| 2012 | $28,130 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,840 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for opticians, dispensing in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of opticians, dispensing in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 6.9 percent (6.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 16.3 percent (16.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area.