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Computer Programmers Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of computer programmers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of computer programmers in 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Computer Programmers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$42,120
25th Percentile Wage
$60,290
50th Percentile Wage
$77,790
75th Percentile Wage
$97,590
90th Percentile Wage
$122,180

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer programmers in 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 $122,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,120.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$77,790
-2.79% -7.74%
2016
$79,960
1.36% -
2015
$78,870
-6.90% -
2014
$84,310
2.51% -
2013
$82,190
-1.97% -
2012
$83,810
- -

Table 2. Compare Computer Programmers Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,790 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for computer programmers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of computer programmers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 12.9 percent (12.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 30.0 percent (30.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Angelo.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$89,320
Amarillo
$87,440
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$87,090
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$86,250
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$85,360
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$84,170
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$83,580
Odessa
$82,980
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$82,700
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$80,450
College Station-Bryan
$80,330
Abilene
$80,280
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$79,900
Longview
$78,370
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$77,810
Fort Worth-Arlington
$77,790
El Paso
$76,100
Texarkana-Texarkana
$71,980
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$70,890
Tyler
$70,630
Waco
$69,520
Wichita Falls
$69,160
Midland
$68,060
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$65,640
Corpus Christi
$63,200
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$61,200
Brownsville-Harlingen
$60,990
Laredo
$60,080
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$59,600
Lubbock
$59,280
Sherman-Denison
$57,340
San Angelo
$54,430