The annual salary statistics of couriers and messengers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of couriers and messengers 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 | $27,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,030 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $37,320 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,450 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for couriers and messengers 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 $45,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,960.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of couriers and messengers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $34,270 | -1.58% | 30.87% |
| 2021 | $34,810 | 17.24% | - |
| 2020 | $28,810 | 5.03% | - |
| 2019 | $27,360 | 0.58% | - |
| 2018 | $27,200 | -8.16% | - |
| 2017 | $29,420 | -2.24% | - |
| 2016 | $30,080 | 8.78% | - |
| 2015 | $27,440 | 3.46% | - |
| 2014 | $26,490 | 2.23% | - |
| 2013 | $25,900 | 8.53% | - |
| 2012 | $23,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,270 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for couriers and messengers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of couriers and messengers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 11.4 percent (11.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Brownsville-Harlingen and 48.2 percent (48.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.