The annual salary statistics of computer hardware engineers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of computer hardware engineers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 | $35,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $77,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $118,170 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $158,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $175,120 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer hardware engineers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $175,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $118,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of computer hardware engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $118,170 | -4.02% | 16.23% |
| 2021 | $122,920 | 3.81% | - |
| 2020 | $118,240 | -1.55% | - |
| 2019 | $120,070 | -0.04% | - |
| 2018 | $120,120 | 10.76% | - |
| 2017 | $107,190 | -1.76% | - |
| 2015 | $109,080 | 6.67% | - |
| 2014 | $101,800 | 0.10% | - |
| 2013 | $101,700 | 2.66% | - |
| 2012 | $98,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $118,170, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is the second highest paying city for computer hardware engineers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $132,460). Compared with Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the median annual salary of computer hardware engineers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 10.8 percent (10.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| College Station-Bryan |