Applications Software Developers Salary Information in Texas

The average annual salaries for applications software developers in the state of Texas are shown in Table 1. The comparison of the salary statistics of applications software developers among Texas cities is shown in Table 2. The salary statistics are 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 & 2. Annual Salary of Applications Software Developers in Texas (2022 Survey)

Percentile bracketAverage annual salary
10th Percentile Wage
$67,140
25th Percentile Wage
$84,580
50th Percentile Wage
$108,490
75th Percentile Wage
$130,040
90th Percentile Wage
$156,310

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for applications software developers in Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $156,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $108,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $67,140.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of applications software developers from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$108,490
0.71% 15.86%
2017
$107,720
2.99% -
2016
$104,500
4.94% -
2015
$99,340
3.13% -
2014
$96,230
2.72% -
2013
$93,610
2.49% -
2012
$91,280
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Table 3. Median Annual Salary of Applications Software Developers in Texas Cities (2022 Survey)

Table 3 shows the median annual salary of applications software developers in some Texas cities and metropolitan areas. We note that the median annual salary of applications software developers in state of Texas ranges from $69,390 to $111,070. The highest paying area for applications software developers in Texas is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington with a median annual salary of $111,070. The second highest paying city/area in Texas State is Dallas-Plano-Irving (mean annual salary $110,550). The lowest paying area is San Angelo with a median annual salary of $69,390.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$111,070
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$110,550
Sherman-Denison
$109,510
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$108,440
Wichita Falls
$107,810
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$106,760
Fort Worth-Arlington
$106,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$103,340
Longview
$102,050
Laredo
$98,230
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$97,970
El Paso
$97,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$97,760
Midland
$96,120
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,130
Waco
$92,940
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$91,430
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$88,920
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$86,200
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$85,560
Corpus Christi
$84,660
Brownsville-Harlingen
$84,610
Tyler
$82,110
Amarillo
$80,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$79,830
Odessa
$78,620
Abilene
$75,320
College Station-Bryan
$74,420
Lubbock
$71,480
San Angelo
$69,390