The annual salary statistics of rail car repairers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of rail car repairers 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 | $36,670 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,720 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $60,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for rail car repairers 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 $60,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,720. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,670.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of rail car repairers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $47,720 | 0.54% | -0.54% |
| 2021 | $47,460 | -9.78% | - |
| 2020 | $52,100 | 12.15% | - |
| 2018 | $45,770 | 8.59% | - |
| 2017 | $41,840 | 3.92% | - |
| 2016 | $40,200 | -9.75% | - |
| 2015 | $44,120 | -14.98% | - |
| 2014 | $50,730 | -0.81% | - |
| 2013 | $51,140 | 6.18% | - |
| 2012 | $47,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $47,720, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is the second highest paying city for rail car repairers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Dallas-Plano-Irving (median annual salary of $51,550). Compared with Dallas-Plano-Irving, the median annual salary of rail car repairers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 7.4 percent (7.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Texarkana-Texarkana | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Longview | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |