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Materials Engineer Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials engineers 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 Materials Engineers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$70,000
25th Percentile Wage
$87,210
50th Percentile Wage
$103,960
75th Percentile Wage
$130,980
90th Percentile Wage
$154,380

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers 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 $154,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $103,960. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $70,000.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$103,960
3.69% 33.93%
2016
$100,120
-7.55% -
2015
$107,680
10.66% -
2014
$96,200
21.92% -
2013
$75,110
8.55% -
2012
$68,690
- -

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

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $103,960 in 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 Fort Worth-Arlington is 21.7 percent (21.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 52.0 percent (52.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$132,750
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$107,490
Corpus Christi
$104,420
Fort Worth-Arlington
$103,960
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$103,140
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$100,710
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$95,920
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$93,300
Brownsville-Harlingen
$81,900
El Paso
$81,070
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$80,230
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$68,520
College Station-Bryan
$49,950