The annual salary statistics of surveying and mapping technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of surveying and mapping technicians 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 | $31,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,930 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $46,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surveying and mapping technicians 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 $78,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surveying and mapping technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $46,450 | -1.03% | 23.70% |
| 2021 | $46,930 | 8.50% | - |
| 2020 | $42,940 | 0.33% | - |
| 2019 | $42,800 | 2.20% | - |
| 2018 | $41,860 | -9.58% | - |
| 2017 | $45,870 | 3.73% | - |
| 2016 | $44,160 | -1.02% | - |
| 2015 | $44,610 | 11.10% | - |
| 2014 | $39,660 | 7.26% | - |
| 2013 | $36,780 | 3.64% | - |
| 2012 | $35,440 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,450 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for surveying and mapping technicians in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of surveying and mapping technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 7.1 percent (7.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area and 34.2 percent (34.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area.