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Chief Executive Salary in Amarillo, Texas

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Amarillo, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of chief executives in Amarillo is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Amarillo, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$35,360
25th Percentile Wage
$92,970
50th Percentile Wage
$144,120
75th Percentile Wage
$179,120
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Amarillo, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $179,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $144,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,360.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2019)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$144,120
14.90% 20.59%
2016
$122,640
-30.75% -
2015
$160,350
20.12% -
2013
$128,080
10.65% -
2012
$114,440
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Amarillo with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $144,120 in Amarillo is in the middle of salary range for chief executives in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of chief executives in Amarillo is 30.3 percent (30.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Antonio-New Braunfels and 47.4 percent (47.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wichita Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$206,840
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$196,410
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$192,630
Corpus Christi
$192,420
Midland
$191,860
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$186,850
Fort Worth-Arlington
$186,730
Lubbock
$183,900
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$179,970
El Paso
$177,840
Odessa
$171,990
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$171,410
Waco
$167,930
Longview
$165,200
College Station-Bryan
$164,080
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$152,300
Tyler
$147,410
Amarillo
$144,120
Victoria
$137,850
Brownsville-Harlingen
$128,600
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$123,740
Sherman-Denison
$122,620
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$120,740
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$118,700
Abilene
$117,020
Laredo
$114,360
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$111,430
Texarkana-Texarkana
$106,790
San Angelo
$102,690
Wichita Falls
$75,760

See also: Top paying jobs in Amarillo, Texas.