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Cost Estimator Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of cost estimators in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of cost estimators 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 Cost Estimators in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$43,230
25th Percentile Wage
$53,330
50th Percentile Wage
$66,370
75th Percentile Wage
$92,010
90th Percentile Wage
$123,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cost estimators 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 $123,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,230.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$66,370
0.03% 5.09%
2016
$66,350
7.99% -
2015
$61,050
-4.49% -
2014
$63,790
6.25% -
2013
$59,800
-5.33% -
2012
$62,990
- -

Table 2. Compare Cost Estimator Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,370 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for cost estimators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of cost estimators in Fort Worth-Arlington is 13.5 percent (13.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Odessa and 27.6 percent (27.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Abilene.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Odessa
$76,770
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$76,010
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$74,280
Victoria
$72,450
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$72,330
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$71,690
Midland
$69,390
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$67,820
Fort Worth-Arlington
$66,370
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$65,900
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$65,590
Corpus Christi
$65,170
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$63,030
Longview
$62,330
Waco
$60,780
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$60,720
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,390
Lubbock
$60,390
College Station-Bryan
$60,170
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,090
Amarillo
$59,840
Tyler
$59,120
San Angelo
$58,210
Texarkana-Texarkana
$56,190
Sherman-Denison
$54,950
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$54,510
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$52,690
Brownsville-Harlingen
$51,540
El Paso
$51,280
Wichita Falls
$51,060
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$49,540
Laredo
$48,390
Abilene
$48,020