The annual salary statistics of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food cooking machine operators and tenders 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 | $19,910 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $26,210 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $30,730 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food cooking machine operators and tenders 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 $30,730. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,910.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food cooking machine operators and tenders from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $26,210 | 4.58% | -8.05% |
| 2016 | $25,010 | 1.92% | - |
| 2015 | $24,530 | -23.85% | - |
| 2014 | $30,380 | 8.56% | - |
| 2013 | $27,780 | -1.94% | - |
| 2012 | $28,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,210 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for food cooking machine operators and tenders in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of food cooking machine operators and tenders in Fort Worth-Arlington is 35.3 percent (35.3%) lower than that in the highest paying North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area and 29.8 percent (29.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Longview.