The annual salary statistics of sound engineering technicians in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sound engineering technicians 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 | $29,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,980 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,830 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $114,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sound engineering technicians 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 $114,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sound engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,430 | -30.87% | 35.46% |
| 2021 | $64,690 | 39.13% | - |
| 2020 | $39,380 | -31.69% | - |
| 2019 | $51,860 | 19.09% | - |
| 2018 | $41,960 | -26.41% | - |
| 2017 | $53,040 | 29.62% | - |
| 2016 | $37,330 | -23.06% | - |
| 2015 | $45,940 | -15.11% | - |
| 2014 | $52,880 | 3.06% | - |
| 2013 | $51,260 | 37.77% | - |
| 2012 | $31,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $49,430, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for sound engineering technicians in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (median annual salary of $57,080). Compared with Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, the median annual salary of sound engineering technicians in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 13.4 percent (13.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington |