The annual salary statistics of title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 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 | $41,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,650 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $73,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,590 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $107,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 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 $107,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,940.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of title examiners, abstractors, and searchers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $73,440 | 20.28% | 25.46% |
| 2021 | $58,550 | -13.53% | - |
| 2020 | $66,470 | 7.88% | - |
| 2019 | $61,230 | -14.45% | - |
| 2016 | $70,080 | 5.04% | - |
| 2015 | $66,550 | 7.77% | - |
| 2014 | $61,380 | 4.07% | - |
| 2013 | $58,880 | 7.03% | - |
| 2012 | $54,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $73,440, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the highest paying city for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in state of Texas, followed by Midland (median annual salary $59,970). In comparison, the median annual salary of title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 18.3 percent (18.3%) higher than that in Midland.