The annual salary statistics of postsecondary vocational education teachers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postsecondary vocational education teachers in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $35,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $66,210 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postsecondary vocational education teachers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,150.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postsecondary vocational education teachers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,600 | 2.08% | 4.60% |
| 2021 | $49,550 | 2.89% | - |
| 2020 | $48,120 | -14.42% | - |
| 2019 | $55,060 | 6.05% | - |
| 2018 | $51,730 | 2.86% | - |
| 2017 | $50,250 | 27.78% | - |
| 2016 | $36,290 | -39.65% | - |
| 2015 | $50,680 | -18.65% | - |
| 2014 | $60,130 | 16.23% | - |
| 2013 | $50,370 | 4.17% | - |
| 2012 | $48,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,600 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for postsecondary vocational education teachers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of postsecondary vocational education teachers in Brownsville-Harlingen is 45.4 percent (45.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 28.6 percent (28.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.