The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postal service mail carriers 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 | $39,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $54,250 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers 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 $71,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $54,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service mail carriers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $54,250 | 3.34% | -4.15% |
| 2021 | $52,440 | 2.61% | - |
| 2020 | $51,070 | 3.99% | - |
| 2019 | $49,030 | -11.34% | - |
| 2018 | $54,590 | -6.01% | - |
| 2017 | $57,870 | -1.38% | - |
| 2016 | $58,670 | -1.04% | - |
| 2015 | $59,280 | 3.51% | - |
| 2014 | $57,200 | 1.22% | - |
| 2013 | $56,500 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $56,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $54,250 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for postal service mail carriers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service mail carriers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 8.1 percent (8.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 10.0 percent (10.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood.