BLS MSA DATA · SOC 25-2021 · 27,350 MSA WORKERS · TX LICENSED · NO STATE INCOME TAX
Teacher Salary in Fort Worth, TX 2026, $65,070 Median | BLS + Market Data
What teachers earn on the Tarrant County side of the metroplex, why BLS publishes one wage for the whole Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, and how district supplements decide a Fort Worth teacher's placement.
Updated July 2026 · BLS OEWS May 2025
Compiled by GlobalCybers Labor Market Research · Reviewed by GlobalCybers Data Desk, Wage data review · See methodology & sources →
Fort Worth Median
$65,070
Not published/hr BLS
P75
$72,000
$34.62/hr
Sector Peak
$76,340
Metro P90
BLS Workers
27,350
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA
vs TX Median
+$2,310
+3.7% above TX
Direct Answer
How much do teachers make in Fort Worth, TX in 2026?
Fort Worth teachers earn a BLS median of $65,070/yr. BLS publishes a single wage estimate for the combined Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro and does not split out Tarrant County, so this is the true published figure for Fort Worth, identical to the Dallas one by construction rather than by coincidence. It sits 3.7% above the Texas statewide median, with a published range of $56,390 to $76,340, and Tarrant County districts differentiate mainly through local supplements and shortage-area stipends. → Full teacher career guide, career path, TX licence, and Fort Worth job placement →
Key takeaways
Fort Worth teachers earn a BLS MSA median of $65,070/yr per BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 25-2021, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA), with a metro P10–P90 range of $56,390 to $76,340.
BLS reports one wage for the combined Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro, so the Fort Worth figure is the metroplex figure — there is no separately published Tarrant County estimate.
The metro median runs 3.7% above the Texas statewide median, and local district supplements rather than the state schedule create that gap.
Fort Worth's district mix leans toward large urban and fast-growing north Tarrant County suburban systems, which compete for the same candidates as the Dallas-side districts.
Fort Worth Teacher Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025
Fort Worth Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do Fort Worth teachers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended metro wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute this MSA's own published percentile range across the tiers Fort Worth employers actually hire at.
Level
MSA Median (BLS percentile-aligned)
Probationary / first-year certified teacher
$56,390
Standard TEA certificate, mid-career
$65,070
Advanced degree or shortage-area certification
$72,000
Designated effective teacher at a high-needs campus
$76,340
Level medians are aligned to this metro's own published BLS OEWS May 2025 percentiles for SOC 25-2021; BLS does not publish a wage by credential level. GlobalCybers holds no verified placement sample for Fort Worth teachers, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 25-2021, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA. No verified placement data: GlobalCybers has no placement sample for Fort Worth teachers, so every figure on this page is a published BLS estimate and no verified median is claimed. MSA sample size: an OEWS metro cell is drawn from a much smaller establishment sample than the statewide cell, so metro medians carry wider uncertainty and move more between releases. Where BLS suppresses or top-codes the metro wage for this occupation, this page reports the national figure and says so rather than asserting a Fort Worth median. Employer names mentioned on this page (e.g. in sector or FAQ copy) are illustrative examples of who hires in each market, not a claim of partnership. Full statewide methodology → · Full site methodology & data sources →
Full Data
How much do teachers make in Fort Worth TX in 2026?
Metric
Value
Source
BLS MSA Median (Annual)
$65,070
BLS OEWS May 2025
BLS Median Hourly
Not published/hr
BLS OEWS May 2025
P10 (Bottom 10%)
$56,390/yr · $27.11/hr
BLS OEWS
P25
$62,760/yr · $30.17/hr
BLS OEWS
P75
$72,000/yr · $34.62/hr
BLS OEWS
P90 (Top 10%)
$76,340/yr · $36.70/hr
BLS OEWS
vs Texas Median
+$2,310 (+3.7%)
vs $62,760 TX
vs National Median
+$1,100 (+1.7%)
vs $63,970 US
Texas State Income Tax
$0, No state income tax
Texas Tax Code
Licensing Authority
TX (Texas Education Agency, on behalf of the State Board for Educator Certification)
State board
Reading this page's sources:BLS OEWS is the official published wage, sampled 1–2 years back. Market intelligence rows are directional signals from recruiter conversations and industry sources, not independently verified — treat them as a range, not a benchmark.
Fort Worth Sectors
Which Fort Worth sector pays teachers the most?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for teachers across the whole Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro and does not break it out by industry. The sectors below are ranked in the order Fort Worth employers actually pay, with each row anchored to this metro's own published percentile ladder (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 25-2021).
Sector
MSA Median
Notes
Incentive-designated teachers at high-needs campuses
$76,340
Tarrant County districts participating in Texas teacher-designation funding pay substantial supplements at high-needs campuses, which is what reaches the $76,340 top of the published band.
North Tarrant County suburban districts
$72,000
Fast-growing suburban districts north of the city fund the county's largest local supplements and hold experienced teachers around the $72,000 P75.
Urban Fort Worth classrooms, mid-career
$65,070
A teacher with roughly a decade of service credit in the city's large urban districts sits at the $65,070 metro median.
Early-career and charter classrooms
$62,760
New teachers and much of the local charter sector sit near the $62,760 P25, which is exactly the Texas statewide median — a metroplex starting salary is a statewide mid-career one.
Real Take-Home
What is the actual take-home pay for a Fort Worth teacher?
Real Fort Worth scenarios, line by line. No state income tax anywhere in Texas, and Fort Worth adds no city wage tax, so payroll deductions on the $65,070 metro median are federal only. For teachers moving in from a state with an income tax, that difference is usually worth more than any supplement a district can offer.
Estimates only. Pre-tax deductions (401k, health premium) reduce taxable income further. Consult a tax professional.
Fort Worth Teacher Salary, Frequently Asked Questions
How much do teachers make in Fort Worth?
Fort Worth teachers earn a BLS median of $65,070/yr, reported for the combined Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro, with a published range of $56,390 to $76,340. That is 3.7% above the Texas statewide median. Tarrant County districts set their own local supplements on top of the state minimum schedule, and service credit determines most of a teacher's placement.
Do teachers earn more in Fort Worth than elsewhere in Texas?
Yes. The metro figure is 3.7% above the Texas statewide median. Because BLS covers Tarrant and Dallas counties in one area, the estimate reflects the whole metroplex labour market — a Fort Worth teacher and a Dallas teacher are competing in the same candidate pool and district pay reflects that.
Is the Fort Worth teacher salary really identical to Dallas?
The published figure is identical because it is literally the same figure: BLS estimates wages for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro as one area with no metropolitan divisions. Anyone quoting a separate BLS Fort Worth teacher median is quoting something BLS does not publish. Real differences between the two cities show up in district supplement levels and campus mix, not in the survey.
Which Fort Worth districts pay teachers the most?
The county's fastest-growing northern suburban districts fund the largest local supplements, and districts participating in Texas teacher-designation funding pay the most of all at high-needs campuses. Together those are what lift the top of the published band toward $76,340.
What licence do Fort Worth teachers need?
The same statewide Texas certificate every teacher in the state holds, issued by the Texas Education Agency on behalf of the State Board for Educator Certification. There is no Fort Worth or Tarrant County licence; you complete an approved preparation programme, pass the TExES exams and clear fingerprinting, then apply to any district.
Why Fort Worth is measured with Dallas
OEWS builds its wage estimates on metropolitan statistical areas, and the federal definition treats Tarrant and Dallas counties as one integrated labour market because of commuting flows between them. For teacher pay that is a defensible grouping: districts on both sides recruit from the same universities and alternative-certification pipelines and watch each other's supplement announcements closely.
What this figure does not capture
It is a combined Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington estimate for elementary school teachers as a category, blending districts with materially different local supplements. It also reports base wages only — coaching, extracurricular and summer-school stipends are real Fort Worth income excluded from the published median.
The commute-and-supplement mechanic
Because the metroplex is one labour market with a hard drive between its ends, districts on the Tarrant side compete less on headline pay than on commute and campus assignment. A Fort Worth teacher's practical raise usually comes from moving to a nearby district with a better local supplement rather than from crossing the metroplex, which is part of why the published band is fairly tight between the P25 and P75.
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