The annual salary statistics of interpreters and translators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of interpreters and translators 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 | $39,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,080 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $73,400 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $86,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for interpreters and translators 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 $86,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,870.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of interpreters and translators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $60,080 | 18.54% | 52.25% |
| 2021 | $48,940 | 6.09% | - |
| 2020 | $45,960 | -7.29% | - |
| 2019 | $49,310 | 6.85% | - |
| 2018 | $45,930 | -3.72% | - |
| 2017 | $47,640 | 18.49% | - |
| 2016 | $38,830 | 2.65% | - |
| 2015 | $37,800 | 3.04% | - |
| 2014 | $36,650 | 3.87% | - |
| 2013 | $35,230 | 18.56% | - |
| 2012 | $28,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,080 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for interpreters and translators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of interpreters and translators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 13.7 percent (13.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Lubbock and 68.1 percent (68.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Lubbock | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Waco | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| El Paso | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | |
| Amarillo | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Tyler | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |