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Registered Nurses Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of registered nurses in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of registered nurses 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Registered Nurses in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$62,990
25th Percentile Wage
$73,340
50th Percentile Wage
$82,200
75th Percentile Wage
$100,410
90th Percentile Wage
$106,880

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for registered nurses 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 $106,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,990.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of registered nurses from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$82,200
5.02% 16.79%
2021
$78,070
1.75% -
2020
$76,700
1.64% -
2019
$75,440
2.78% -
2018
$73,340
-0.37% -
2017
$73,610
2.42% -
2016
$71,830
-0.13% -
2015
$71,920
0.86% -
2014
$71,300
2.05% -
2013
$69,840
2.06% -
2012
$68,400
- -

Table 2. Compare Registered Nurses Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $82,200 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for registered nurses in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of registered nurses in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is .5 percent (.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Midland and 18.1 percent (18.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Longview.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Midland
$82,650
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$82,340
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$82,200
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$81,400
Odessa
$80,700
Wichita Falls
$79,800
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$79,020
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$78,630
Waco
$78,540
Sherman-Denison
$77,990
Amarillo
$77,970
Corpus Christi
$77,800
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$77,020
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$76,740
Lubbock
$76,720
College Station-Bryan
$76,570
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$76,400
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$76,320
Victoria
$76,250
San Angelo
$76,240
Laredo
$75,940
Tyler
$75,570
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$75,220
Fort Worth-Arlington
$74,680
El Paso
$74,620
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$73,470
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$73,430
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$73,120
Brownsville-Harlingen
$71,220
Texarkana-Texarkana
$70,500
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$69,820
Abilene
$68,980
Longview
$67,310

See also: Top paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas.