The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials engineers 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 | $80,700 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $82,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $103,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $135,100 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $163,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers 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 $163,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $103,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $80,700.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $103,140 | 1.03% | 29.97% |
| 2021 | $102,080 | 2.96% | - |
| 2020 | $99,060 | 4.70% | - |
| 2019 | $94,400 | 1.58% | - |
| 2018 | $92,910 | -4.80% | - |
| 2017 | $97,370 | 3.55% | - |
| 2016 | $93,910 | -2.01% | - |
| 2015 | $95,800 | 5.25% | - |
| 2014 | $90,770 | 11.62% | - |
| 2013 | $80,220 | 9.96% | - |
| 2012 | $72,230 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $103,140 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for materials engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of materials engineers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 22.3 percent (22.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 51.6 percent (51.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | |
| El Paso | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| College Station-Bryan |