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Medical Assistant Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical assistants 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 Medical Assistants in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$23,780
25th Percentile Wage
$27,710
50th Percentile Wage
$32,220
75th Percentile Wage
$37,460
90th Percentile Wage
$41,380

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants 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 $41,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,220. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,780.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$32,220
3.69% 6.18%
2016
$31,030
2.77% -
2015
$30,170
2.42% -
2014
$29,440
2.24% -
2013
$28,780
-5.04% -
2012
$30,230
- -

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

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,220 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for medical assistants in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of medical assistants in Fort Worth-Arlington is 17.3 percent (17.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 12.1 percent (12.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$38,970
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$38,120
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$37,630
Midland
$36,780
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$36,260
Odessa
$36,230
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$35,960
College Station-Bryan
$35,590
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$35,520
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$35,220
Sherman-Denison
$34,720
Waco
$34,490
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,420
Tyler
$34,370
Abilene
$34,320
Longview
$34,070
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$33,840
Victoria
$33,800
San Angelo
$33,790
Corpus Christi
$33,740
Wichita Falls
$33,660
Lubbock
$33,380
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$33,280
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$32,880
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$32,680
Amarillo
$32,280
Fort Worth-Arlington
$32,220
Texarkana-Texarkana
$32,160
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$31,480
El Paso
$30,970
Laredo
$30,240
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$28,790
Brownsville-Harlingen
$28,320