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Substitute Teacher Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of substitute teachers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of substitute teachers 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Substitute Teachers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$18,280
25th Percentile Wage
$20,630
50th Percentile Wage
$22,560
75th Percentile Wage
$24,490
90th Percentile Wage
$27,780

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for substitute teachers 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 $27,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $18,280.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of substitute teachers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$22,560
-0.09% 13.39%
2016
$22,580
5.45% -
2015
$21,350
4.68% -
2014
$20,350
3.78% -
2013
$19,580
0.20% -
2012
$19,540
- -

Table 2. Compare Substitute Teacher Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $22,560 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for substitute teachers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of substitute teachers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 7.6 percent (7.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Laredo and 18.8 percent (18.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Odessa.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Laredo
$24,420
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$23,850
Brownsville-Harlingen
$23,420
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$23,350
Corpus Christi
$23,110
Victoria
$22,800
Midland
$22,600
Fort Worth-Arlington
$22,560
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$22,540
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$22,460
El Paso
$22,270
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$22,270
College Station-Bryan
$22,230
Abilene
$21,930
Waco
$21,600
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$21,570
Amarillo
$21,460
Lubbock
$21,400
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$20,580
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$20,480
Tyler
$20,180
San Angelo
$19,850
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$19,760
Longview
$19,690
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$19,660
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$19,560
Texarkana-Texarkana
$19,360
Sherman-Denison
$19,070
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,960
Wichita Falls
$18,780
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,750
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$18,580
Odessa
$18,310