The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of desktop publishers 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 | $29,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,160 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,170 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers 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 $57,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of desktop publishers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $33,170 | -65.18% | -11.70% |
| 2020 | $54,790 | 9.42% | - |
| 2019 | $49,630 | 11.06% | - |
| 2018 | $44,140 | 2.15% | - |
| 2017 | $43,190 | 7.04% | - |
| 2016 | $40,150 | 8.57% | - |
| 2015 | $36,710 | 3.38% | - |
| 2014 | $35,470 | 1.35% | - |
| 2013 | $34,990 | -5.89% | - |
| 2012 | $37,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,170 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for desktop publishers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of desktop publishers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 21.8 percent (21.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 41.5 percent (41.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Lubbock | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| El Paso | |
| College Station-Bryan |