The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 | $40,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $56,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 $64,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,510.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $56,290 | 18.32% | 39.90% |
| 2021 | $45,980 | 19.79% | - |
| 2020 | $36,880 | 2.63% | - |
| 2019 | $35,910 | -14.23% | - |
| 2018 | $41,020 | -15.16% | - |
| 2017 | $47,240 | 9.61% | - |
| 2016 | $42,700 | -7.21% | - |
| 2015 | $45,780 | 13.50% | - |
| 2014 | $39,600 | 5.56% | - |
| 2013 | $37,400 | 9.55% | - |
| 2012 | $33,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $56,290, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the highest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Texas, followed by San Antonio-New Braunfels (median annual salary $51,390). In comparison, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 8.7 percent (8.7%) higher than that in San Antonio-New Braunfels.