The annual salary statistics of food preparation workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food preparation workers 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 | $22,830 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,310 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $28,340 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,110 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $35,120 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food preparation workers 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 $35,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,830.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food preparation workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $28,340 | -0.78% | 33.77% |
| 2021 | $28,560 | 14.64% | - |
| 2020 | $24,380 | 3.40% | - |
| 2019 | $23,550 | 4.63% | - |
| 2018 | $22,460 | 3.74% | - |
| 2017 | $21,620 | 5.00% | - |
| 2016 | $20,540 | 3.21% | - |
| 2015 | $19,880 | 3.17% | - |
| 2014 | $19,250 | -1.45% | - |
| 2013 | $19,530 | 3.89% | - |
| 2012 | $18,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,340 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for food preparation workers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of food preparation workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 3.2 percent (3.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Odessa and 24.0 percent (24.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.