The annual salary statistics of slaughterers and meat packers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of slaughterers and meat packers 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 | $23,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,540 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $37,380 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $38,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for slaughterers and meat packers 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 $38,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of slaughterers and meat packers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $29,490 | 5.32% | 37.54% |
| 2021 | $27,920 | -7.81% | - |
| 2020 | $30,100 | 11.06% | - |
| 2019 | $26,770 | 10.46% | - |
| 2018 | $23,970 | 4.67% | - |
| 2017 | $22,850 | 13.13% | - |
| 2016 | $19,850 | -6.15% | - |
| 2015 | $21,070 | 6.60% | - |
| 2014 | $19,680 | -0.05% | - |
| 2013 | $19,690 | 6.45% | - |
| 2012 | $18,420 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,490 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for slaughterers and meat packers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of slaughterers and meat packers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 26.0 percent (26.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area and 37.3 percent (37.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying McAllen-Edinburg-Mission.