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Applications Software Developers Salary in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

The annual salary statistics of applications software developers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of applications software developers 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Applications Software Developers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$63,620
25th Percentile Wage
$82,740
50th Percentile Wage
$108,440
75th Percentile Wage
$130,480
90th Percentile Wage
$157,980

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for applications software developers 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 $157,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $108,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,620.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of applications software developers from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$108,440
-0.91% 14.42%
2017
$109,430
3.89% -
2016
$105,170
3.95% -
2015
$101,020
3.43% -
2014
$97,560
2.78% -
2013
$94,850
2.16% -
2012
$92,800
- -

Table 2. Compare Applications Software Developers Salary in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $108,440 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for applications software developers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of applications software developers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 2.4 percent (2.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 36.0 percent (36.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Angelo.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$111,070
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$110,550
Sherman-Denison
$109,510
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$108,440
Wichita Falls
$107,810
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$106,760
Fort Worth-Arlington
$106,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$103,340
Longview
$102,050
Laredo
$98,230
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$97,970
El Paso
$97,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$97,760
Midland
$96,120
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,130
Waco
$92,940
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$91,430
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$88,920
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$86,200
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$85,560
Corpus Christi
$84,660
Brownsville-Harlingen
$84,610
Tyler
$82,110
Amarillo
$80,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$79,830
Odessa
$78,620
Abilene
$75,320
College Station-Bryan
$74,420
Lubbock
$71,480
San Angelo
$69,390

See also: Top paying jobs in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas.