The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of surgical technologists 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 | $37,450 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $64,390 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists 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 $74,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,450.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surgical technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $59,610 | 1.96% | 23.44% |
| 2021 | $58,440 | 6.45% | - |
| 2020 | $54,670 | 1.02% | - |
| 2019 | $54,110 | 0.63% | - |
| 2018 | $53,770 | 5.60% | - |
| 2017 | $50,760 | 5.71% | - |
| 2016 | $47,860 | 2.15% | - |
| 2015 | $46,830 | 2.90% | - |
| 2014 | $45,470 | -3.41% | - |
| 2013 | $47,020 | 2.93% | - |
| 2012 | $45,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,610 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for surgical technologists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of surgical technologists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 7.8 percent (7.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Sherman-Denison and 36.2 percent (36.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.