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Software Developer Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of software developers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of software developers 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 Software Developers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$77,320
25th Percentile Wage
$99,340
50th Percentile Wage
$122,990
75th Percentile Wage
$137,590
90th Percentile Wage
$166,720

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for software developers 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 $166,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $122,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,320.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of software developers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$122,990
2.24% 2.24%
2021
$120,240
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Table 2. Compare Software Developer Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $122,990, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is the highest paying city for software developers in state of Texas, followed by Waco (median annual salary $118,720). In comparison, the median annual salary of software developers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 3.5 percent (3.5%) higher than that in Waco.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$122,990
Waco
$118,720
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$117,800
Laredo
$115,890
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$111,410
Midland
$110,210
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$109,650
Longview
$108,150
Brownsville-Harlingen
$105,320
Odessa
$104,770
Amarillo
$104,180
Wichita Falls
$103,530
Sherman-Denison
$102,600
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$102,540
Corpus Christi
$98,460
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$97,750
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$97,620
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,680
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,580
Abilene
$94,190
Tyler
$93,920
San Angelo
$93,830
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$93,470
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$93,350
El Paso
$92,140
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$90,690
Lubbock
$90,680
College Station-Bryan
$86,680
Texarkana-Texarkana
$86,190
Victoria
$83,140

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