The annual salary statistics of slaughterers and meat packers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of slaughterers and meat packers 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 | $20,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $26,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $27,090 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $30,020 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for slaughterers and meat packers 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 $30,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of slaughterers and meat packers from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $26,620 | -2.74% | 5.18% |
| 2020 | $27,350 | -12.43% | - |
| 2017 | $30,750 | 8.00% | - |
| 2016 | $28,290 | 17.46% | - |
| 2014 | $23,350 | -22.74% | - |
| 2013 | $28,660 | 11.93% | - |
| 2012 | $25,240 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,620 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for slaughterers and meat packers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of slaughterers and meat packers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 33.2 percent (33.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area and 30.5 percent (30.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying McAllen-Edinburg-Mission.