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Insurance Underwriter Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of insurance underwriters in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of insurance underwriters in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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 Insurance Underwriters in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$37,950
25th Percentile Wage
$45,070
50th Percentile Wage
$61,450
75th Percentile Wage
$86,570
90th Percentile Wage
$112,180

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for insurance underwriters in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $112,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,950.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$61,450
-6.02% -6.25%
2016
$65,150
8.89% -
2015
$59,360
-13.86% -
2014
$67,590
4.33% -
2013
$64,660
-0.97% -
2012
$65,290
- -

Table 2. Compare Insurance Underwriter Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $61,450 in Dallas-Plano-Irving is in the middle of salary range for insurance underwriters in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of insurance underwriters in Dallas-Plano-Irving is 8.8 percent (8.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Fort Worth-Arlington and 21.0 percent (21.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Waco.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Fort Worth-Arlington
$67,380
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$67,210
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$66,930
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$64,780
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$64,730
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$63,080
El Paso
$62,340
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$61,450
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$58,370
Abilene
$58,100
Amarillo
$57,700
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$50,580
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$49,600
Waco
$48,540