The annual salary statistics of social science research assistants in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of social science research assistants 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 | $18,970 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,600 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for social science research assistants 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 $64,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $18,970.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of social science research assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $44,600 | 13.41% | 9.42% |
| 2021 | $38,620 | 10.07% | - |
| 2015 | $34,730 | -1.64% | - |
| 2014 | $35,300 | -4.22% | - |
| 2013 | $36,790 | -9.81% | - |
| 2012 | $40,400 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,600 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for social science research assistants in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of social science research assistants in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 25.9 percent (25.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 58.5 percent (58.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Lubbock | |
| College Station-Bryan | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| El Paso | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Laredo |