The annual salary statistics of social science research assistants in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of social science research assistants in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 | $32,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,010 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,550 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,660 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for social science research assistants in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,550. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,190.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of social science research assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,550 | 0.32% | 19.68% |
| 2021 | $50,390 | 7.03% | - |
| 2020 | $46,850 | 0.66% | - |
| 2019 | $46,540 | 1.87% | - |
| 2018 | $45,670 | 12.02% | - |
| 2017 | $40,180 | 4.26% | - |
| 2016 | $38,470 | -3.30% | - |
| 2015 | $39,740 | 0.18% | - |
| 2013 | $39,670 | -2.34% | - |
| 2012 | $40,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,550 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for social science research assistants in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of social science research assistants in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 16.0 percent (16.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 63.4 percent (63.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Lubbock | |
| College Station-Bryan | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| El Paso | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Laredo |