The annual salary statistics of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators 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 | $27,800 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $36,390 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,620 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $44,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators 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 $44,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,800.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $36,390 | -9.76% | 2.75% |
| 2016 | $39,940 | 0.85% | - |
| 2015 | $39,600 | 6.97% | - |
| 2014 | $36,840 | 3.94% | - |
| 2012 | $35,390 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,390 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 10.0 percent (10.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 8.7 percent (8.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Antonio-New Braunfels.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels |