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Lawyer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of lawyers 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Lawyers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$34,590
25th Percentile Wage
$83,210
50th Percentile Wage
$110,310
75th Percentile Wage
$158,680
90th Percentile Wage
$182,670

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers 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 $182,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $110,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,590.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$110,310
8.24% 5.65%
2016
$101,220
1.21% -
2015
$100,000
-2.52% -
2014
$102,520
0.49% -
2013
$102,020
-2.02% -
2012
$104,080
- -

Table 2. Compare Lawyer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $110,310 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 29.2 percent (29.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 22.0 percent (22.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$155,900
Midland
$151,340
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$139,510
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$137,040
College Station-Bryan
$131,990
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$130,320
Waco
$127,150
Corpus Christi
$124,970
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$123,920
Odessa
$122,920
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$122,510
El Paso
$121,940
Lubbock
$118,960
Fort Worth-Arlington
$110,310
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$109,070
Amarillo
$106,050
Sherman-Denison
$102,580
Victoria
$101,940
Longview
$101,840
Tyler
$101,440
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$100,640
Abilene
$100,060
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$99,520
Brownsville-Harlingen
$99,090
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$98,440
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$97,950
Laredo
$96,820
Texarkana-Texarkana
$94,990
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,100
San Angelo
$93,730
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$91,460
Wichita Falls
$90,470
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$86,060