The annual salary statistics of urban and regional planners in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of urban and regional planners 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 | $49,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $83,390 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $115,060 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for urban and regional planners 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 $115,060. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of urban and regional planners from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $76,640 | -0.17% | 10.33% |
| 2021 | $76,770 | 7.85% | - |
| 2020 | $70,740 | 10.07% | - |
| 2019 | $63,620 | 0.66% | - |
| 2018 | $63,200 | -1.31% | - |
| 2017 | $64,030 | -1.72% | - |
| 2016 | $65,130 | 2.78% | - |
| 2015 | $63,320 | -0.63% | - |
| 2014 | $63,720 | -6.53% | - |
| 2013 | $67,880 | -1.24% | - |
| 2012 | $68,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,640 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for urban and regional planners in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of urban and regional planners in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 14.0 percent (14.0%) lower than that in the highest paying College Station-Bryan and 36.1 percent (36.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Corpus Christi.