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Postsecondary Education Teacher Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of postsecondary education teachers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of postsecondary education teachers 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 Postsecondary Education Teachers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$22,250
25th Percentile Wage
$25,500
50th Percentile Wage
$64,500
75th Percentile Wage
$75,990
90th Percentile Wage
$85,580

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postsecondary education teachers 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 $85,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,250.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postsecondary education teachers from 2012 to 2016.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth4-Year Growth
2016
$64,500
9.97% 8.82%
2015
$58,070
3.53% -
2014
$56,020
-1.82% -
2013
$57,040
-3.10% -
2012
$58,810
- -

Table 2. Compare Postsecondary Education Teacher Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,500 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for postsecondary education teachers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of postsecondary education teachers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 30.0 percent (30.0%) lower than that in the highest paying College Station-Bryan and 40.7 percent (40.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Tyler.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
College Station-Bryan
$92,170
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$80,380
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$79,600
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$78,140
Laredo
$76,740
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$76,450
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$74,830
Lubbock
$74,700
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$73,910
El Paso
$73,050
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$70,040
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$69,110
Fort Worth-Arlington
$64,500
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$64,160
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$63,730
Brownsville-Harlingen
$62,310
Amarillo
$61,020
Waco
$56,660
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$56,640
Abilene
$54,360
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$45,770
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$40,900
Tyler
$38,250