The annual salary statistics of rail car repairers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of rail car repairers 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 | $36,140 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,310 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $52,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $58,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for rail car repairers 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 $58,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,140.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of rail car repairers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $46,890 | -0.98% | 19.36% |
| 2021 | $47,350 | -1.58% | - |
| 2020 | $48,100 | 3.89% | - |
| 2019 | $46,230 | 1.06% | - |
| 2018 | $45,740 | -9.58% | - |
| 2017 | $50,120 | -11.63% | - |
| 2016 | $55,950 | 3.82% | - |
| 2015 | $53,810 | 29.73% | - |
| 2014 | $37,810 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,890 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for rail car repairers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of rail car repairers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 9.0 percent (9.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 25.4 percent (25.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Texarkana-Texarkana | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Longview | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |