The annual salary statistics of writers and authors in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of writers and authors 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 | $38,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $109,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for writers and authors 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 $109,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of writers and authors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,890 | 5.96% | 30.65% |
| 2021 | $61,020 | 8.42% | - |
| 2020 | $55,880 | 5.53% | - |
| 2019 | $52,790 | -1.63% | - |
| 2018 | $53,650 | -7.19% | - |
| 2017 | $57,510 | 1.30% | - |
| 2016 | $56,760 | -10.25% | - |
| 2015 | $62,580 | 11.84% | - |
| 2014 | $55,170 | 11.56% | - |
| 2013 | $48,790 | 7.77% | - |
| 2012 | $45,000 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,890 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for writers and authors in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of writers and authors in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 8.6 percent (8.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 62.0 percent (62.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area.