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General Dentist Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of general dentists in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of general dentists 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 General Dentists in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$69,390
25th Percentile Wage
$79,140
50th Percentile Wage
$130,330
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for general dentists in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $130,330. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $79,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $69,390.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$130,330
-41.57% -33.02%
2016
$184,510
4.83% -
2015
$175,590
-1.86% -
2014
$178,860
22.90% -
2013
$137,900
-25.71% -
2012
$173,360
- -

Table 2. Compare General Dentist Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $130,330 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for general dentists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of general dentists in Fort Worth-Arlington is 34.5 percent (34.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Waco and 7.9 percent (7.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Waco
$198,950
Abilene
$193,040
Longview
$192,570
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$176,790
Lubbock
$166,440
Wichita Falls
$164,380
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$163,990
Midland
$160,370
Amarillo
$154,990
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$154,700
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$153,760
Odessa
$153,490
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$149,990
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$141,920
El Paso
$141,860
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$139,890
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$134,580
Brownsville-Harlingen
$133,870
College Station-Bryan
$133,570
Laredo
$133,080
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$130,990
Fort Worth-Arlington
$130,330
Texarkana-Texarkana
$130,060
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$127,800
Corpus Christi
$127,660
Sherman-Denison
$126,470
San Angelo
$126,180
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$125,130
Tyler
$124,910
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$124,490
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$120,000