The annual salary statistics of fire inspectors and investigators in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fire inspectors and investigators 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $47,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $55,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $69,190 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,210 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fire inspectors and investigators 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 $85,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $69,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fire inspectors and investigators from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $69,190 | 2.64% | 17.52% |
| 2016 | $67,360 | 2.69% | - |
| 2015 | $65,550 | 5.52% | - |
| 2014 | $61,930 | 5.33% | - |
| 2013 | $58,630 | 2.66% | - |
| 2012 | $57,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $69,190 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for fire inspectors and investigators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of fire inspectors and investigators in Fort Worth-Arlington is 11.7 percent (11.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 33.4 percent (33.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| El Paso | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |