The annual salary statistics of riggers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of riggers 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 | $36,740 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,840 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,110 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,500 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for riggers 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 $74,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,740.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of riggers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $53,800 | 9.61% | 24.14% |
| 2021 | $48,630 | 5.18% | - |
| 2020 | $46,110 | -5.40% | - |
| 2019 | $48,600 | -12.76% | - |
| 2018 | $54,800 | 24.05% | - |
| 2017 | $41,620 | 4.66% | - |
| 2016 | $39,680 | -11.44% | - |
| 2015 | $44,220 | -7.37% | - |
| 2014 | $47,480 | 1.92% | - |
| 2013 | $46,570 | 12.37% | - |
| 2012 | $40,810 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $53,800 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for riggers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of riggers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 23.4 percent (23.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Beaumont-Port Arthur and 37.6 percent (37.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.