The annual salary statistics of traffic technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of traffic 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 | $39,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $41,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,930 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for traffic 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 $66,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $41,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of traffic technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $41,120 | 7.00% | 2.07% |
| 2021 | $38,240 | -43.80% | - |
| 2020 | $54,990 | -2.62% | - |
| 2019 | $56,430 | 4.50% | - |
| 2018 | $53,890 | -6.87% | - |
| 2017 | $57,590 | 17.61% | - |
| 2016 | $47,450 | 1.58% | - |
| 2015 | $46,700 | 11.65% | - |
| 2014 | $41,260 | 0.80% | - |
| 2013 | $40,930 | 1.61% | - |
| 2012 | $40,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $41,120 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for traffic technicians in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of traffic technicians in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 13.6 percent (13.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 26.2 percent (26.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| College Station-Bryan | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos |