The annual salary statistics of slaughterers and meat packers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of slaughterers and meat packers 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $17,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $19,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $25,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $30,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $35,540 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for slaughterers and meat packers 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 $35,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of slaughterers and meat packers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $25,060 | 6.46% | 21.43% |
| 2016 | $23,440 | -6.44% | - |
| 2015 | $24,950 | 20.68% | - |
| 2014 | $19,790 | -10.41% | - |
| 2013 | $21,850 | 9.89% | - |
| 2012 | $19,690 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,060 in 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 Fort Worth-Arlington is 37.1 percent (37.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area and 26.2 percent (26.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying McAllen-Edinburg-Mission.