The annual salary statistics of transportation security screeners in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of transportation security screeners 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 | $40,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,700 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,470 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transportation security screeners 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 $57,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,660.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of transportation security screeners from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,000 | 4.40% | 20.82% |
| 2021 | $47,800 | 2.47% | - |
| 2020 | $46,620 | 5.47% | - |
| 2019 | $44,070 | 2.36% | - |
| 2017 | $43,030 | 2.35% | - |
| 2016 | $42,020 | 1.38% | - |
| 2015 | $41,440 | 3.38% | - |
| 2014 | $40,040 | 1.55% | - |
| 2013 | $39,420 | -0.43% | - |
| 2012 | $39,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $50,000, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for transportation security screeners in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $52,790). Compared with Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the median annual salary of transportation security screeners in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 5.3 percent (5.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Midland | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Lubbock | |
| Amarillo | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| El Paso | |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood |