The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food scientists and technologists 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 | $61,930 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,850 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $92,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $136,710 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists 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 $136,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $92,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $61,930.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food scientists and technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $92,970 | 10.57% | 28.99% |
| 2021 | $83,140 | 9.44% | - |
| 2020 | $75,290 | 7.80% | - |
| 2019 | $69,420 | 9.19% | - |
| 2016 | $63,040 | 2.28% | - |
| 2015 | $61,600 | -13.57% | - |
| 2014 | $69,960 | 4.09% | - |
| 2013 | $67,100 | 1.61% | - |
| 2012 | $66,020 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $92,970, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is the second highest paying city for food scientists and technologists in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $101,280). Compared with Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the median annual salary of food scientists and technologists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 8.2 percent (8.2%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area |