The annual salary statistics of travel agents in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of travel agents 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 | $29,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,520 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,930 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,540 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for travel agents 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 $73,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of travel agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $38,520 | -11.79% | -1.79% |
| 2021 | $43,060 | 15.03% | - |
| 2020 | $36,590 | 4.32% | - |
| 2019 | $35,010 | 3.77% | - |
| 2018 | $33,690 | -1.48% | - |
| 2017 | $34,190 | -7.84% | - |
| 2016 | $36,870 | -18.31% | - |
| 2015 | $43,620 | 2.43% | - |
| 2014 | $42,560 | -0.47% | - |
| 2013 | $42,760 | 8.30% | - |
| 2012 | $39,210 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,520 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for travel agents in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of travel agents in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 14.9 percent (14.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 47.6 percent (47.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| El Paso | |
| Lubbock | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area |