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Childcare Worker Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of childcare workers in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of childcare workers in Dallas-Plano-Irving is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Childcare Workers in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$16,570
25th Percentile Wage
$17,820
50th Percentile Wage
$19,970
75th Percentile Wage
$24,180
90th Percentile Wage
$32,650

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for childcare workers in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $32,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $19,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $16,570.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of childcare workers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$19,970
1.60% 4.16%
2016
$19,650
0.81% -
2015
$19,490
-1.69% -
2014
$19,820
2.12% -
2013
$19,400
1.34% -
2012
$19,140
- -

Table 2. Compare Childcare Worker Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $19,970 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for childcare workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of childcare workers in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 45.7 percent (45.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Brownsville-Harlingen and 5.6 percent (5.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fort Worth-Arlington.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Brownsville-Harlingen
$36,790
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$27,190
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$26,160
Midland
$25,820
Odessa
$23,700
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$23,610
Texarkana-Texarkana
$23,120
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$23,110
Abilene
$23,050
Corpus Christi
$22,630
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,440
Waco
$22,440
Sherman-Denison
$22,360
Tyler
$22,290
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,260
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,220
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,120
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$22,120
Lubbock
$22,090
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$22,060
Amarillo
$22,020
San Angelo
$21,900
College Station-Bryan
$21,860
Victoria
$21,660
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$21,600
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$21,480
Wichita Falls
$21,440
Longview
$21,250
El Paso
$20,950
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$20,580
Laredo
$20,130
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$19,970
Fort Worth-Arlington
$18,860