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Systems Software Developers Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

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

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$66,520
25th Percentile Wage
$87,200
50th Percentile Wage
$110,180
75th Percentile Wage
$134,010
90th Percentile Wage
$161,290

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for systems 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 $161,290. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $110,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $66,520.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$110,180
1.44% 11.90%
2017
$108,590
2.41% -
2016
$105,970
4.14% -
2015
$101,580
2.31% -
2014
$99,230
2.86% -
2013
$96,390
-0.71% -
2012
$97,070
- -

Table 2. Compare Systems Software Developers Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $110,180 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for systems software developers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of systems software developers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 9.8 percent (9.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Amarillo and 38.7 percent (38.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Amarillo
$122,140
Waco
$116,760
Fort Worth-Arlington
$115,400
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$111,520
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$111,270
Brownsville-Harlingen
$110,290
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$110,180
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$109,860
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$108,050
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$107,270
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$102,480
Odessa
$101,410
Longview
$98,430
Tyler
$97,710
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$97,620
Sherman-Denison
$96,820
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$93,850
Corpus Christi
$93,310
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$92,830
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$92,140
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$92,100
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$86,980
El Paso
$85,010
Abilene
$83,880
Midland
$82,150
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$79,250
Lubbock
$69,530
College Station-Bryan
$67,590

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