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Electrical Engineer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of electrical engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of electrical engineers 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 Electrical Engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$44,220
25th Percentile Wage
$69,660
50th Percentile Wage
$91,870
75th Percentile Wage
$120,260
90th Percentile Wage
$151,750

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for electrical engineers 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 $151,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $91,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,220.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$91,870
-1.96% 1.77%
2016
$93,670
1.05% -
2015
$92,690
6.18% -
2014
$86,960
1.36% -
2013
$85,780
-5.20% -
2012
$90,240
- -

Table 2. Compare Electrical Engineer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $91,870 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for electrical engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of electrical engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 28.8 percent (28.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 15.9 percent (15.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Victoria.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$129,010
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$115,510
Wichita Falls
$114,360
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$111,090
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$109,990
Sherman-Denison
$109,660
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$108,950
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$107,820
Amarillo
$102,910
Texarkana-Texarkana
$102,880
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$101,330
Corpus Christi
$101,190
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$99,510
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$99,090
Waco
$98,330
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$98,330
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$97,270
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$96,580
Odessa
$95,580
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$93,540
Brownsville-Harlingen
$93,290
Abilene
$91,940
Fort Worth-Arlington
$91,870
College Station-Bryan
$91,140
Tyler
$88,490
Longview
$87,130
Midland
$81,590
Lubbock
$80,860
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$79,320
El Paso
$78,520
Laredo
$77,590
Victoria
$77,220