Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Across all occupations in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $51,440 a year ($24.73 an hour) and the mean $70,630, May 2025. That median is +1% against the US median of $50,980 and +6% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 4,049,800 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	Hourly	$13.87	$17.69	$24.73	$39.35	$63.50	$33.96	4,049,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	Annual	$28,850	$36,800	$51,440	$81,840	$132,080	$70,630	4,049,800
Texas	Hourly	$13.10	$17.01	$23.38	$37.42	$60.20	$31.61	14,071,160
Texas	Annual	$27,250	$35,370	$48,620	$77,840	$125,220	$65,750	14,071,160
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

715 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Texas. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$666,930	$320.64	100
2	Surgeons, All Other	$494,800	$237.89	470
3	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$431,910	$207.65	**
4	Cardiologists	$403,340	$193.92	940
5	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$402,600	$193.56	**
6	Neurologists	$360,640	$173.38	300
7	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$359,980	$173.07	210
8	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$324,210	$155.87	310
9	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$321,260	$154.45	770
10	Chief Executives	$320,060	$153.88	2,580
11	Physicians, Pathologists	$316,150	$152.00	480
12	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$276,520	$132.94	1,350
13	Family Medicine Physicians	$259,310	$124.67	2,240
14	Pediatricians, General	$242,160	$116.42	340
15	Psychiatrists	$240,930	$115.83	410
16	Dermatologists	$232,910	$111.97	80
17	Physicians, All Other	$222,410	$106.93	13,580
18	Nurse Anesthetists	$218,650	$105.12	1,290
19	Anesthesiologists	$218,060	$104.84	950
20	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$212,810	*	5,980

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	128,380	31.70	1.28	$28,070
2	General and Operations Managers in Texas	125,090	30.89	1.37	$111,010
3	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	111,100	27.43	1.51	$37,590
4	Retail Salespersons in Texas	100,340	24.78	0.99	$33,400
5	Customer Service Representatives in Texas	96,930	23.93	1.43	$44,990
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Texas	81,940	20.23	1.07	$38,510
7	Registered Nurses in Texas	76,680	18.93	0.87	$101,420
8	Software Developers in Texas	67,030	16.55	1.52	$133,290
9	Cashiers in Texas	65,070	16.07	0.81	$29,910
10	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	58,580	14.46	0.52	$26,900
11	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	55,670	13.75	1.04	$59,530
12	Waiters and Waitresses in Texas	53,460	13.20	0.90	$24,160
13	Office Clerks, General in Texas	52,740	13.02	0.82	$44,060
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas	48,360	11.94	0.84	$34,860
15	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Texas	45,710	11.29	1.22	$73,070
16	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Texas	43,560	10.76	1.33	$63,280
17	Project Management Specialists in Texas	43,120	10.65	1.55	$98,900
18	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas	39,780	9.82	1.25	$37,730
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Texas	39,740	9.81	1.00	$48,860
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	37,550	9.27	0.84	$47,450

Most concentrated occupations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	3.99	1,940	0.48	$38,280
2	Semiconductor Processing Technicians	3.90	3,190	0.79	$38,440
3	Cooks, All Other	3.58	1,810	0.45	$35,500
4	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	3.44	10,630	2.63	$38,250
5	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	3.02	8,750	2.16	$66,450
6	Financial Clerks, All Other	2.90	2,740	0.68	$54,080
7	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	2.84	1,250	0.31	$65,310
8	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	2.77	2,450	0.61	$86,520
9	Plant and System Operators, All Other	2.75	1,010	0.25	$50,720
10	Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	2.70	690	0.17	$53,220

Occupation groups in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$128,140	$143,910	379,320	93.66	1.31
Computer and Mathematical	$121,440	$119,710	196,120	48.43	1.43
Legal	$102,500	$140,290	29,210	7.21	0.86
Architecture and Engineering	$99,690	$107,010	67,110	16.57	0.98
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$93,630	$108,870	231,020	57.05	0.90
Business and Financial Operations	$81,490	$92,320	298,180	73.63	1.09
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$77,630	$86,220	23,240	5.74	0.61
Educational Instruction and Library	$64,200	$62,840	207,760	51.30	0.88
Community and Social Service	$59,300	$63,640	34,780	8.59	0.50
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$58,700	$70,220	43,850	10.83	0.82
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$58,610	$62,110	176,230	43.52	1.11
Protective Service	$50,070	$59,100	82,770	20.44	0.84
Construction and Extraction	$50,040	$56,210	162,920	40.23	0.97
Office and Administrative Support	$47,080	$51,170	490,190	121.04	1.06
Production	$44,740	$49,570	198,770	49.08	0.89
Transportation and Material Moving	$44,570	$50,270	423,430	104.56	1.19
Sales and Related	$37,760	$55,610	353,770	87.36	1.01
Healthcare Support	$36,790	$38,000	131,410	32.45	0.64
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,220	$37,370	97,610	24.10	0.82
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$36,190	$39,540	1,740	0.43	0.15
Personal Care and Service	$33,140	$37,880	60,150	14.85	0.71
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,370	$32,740	360,220	88.95	1.01

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 715 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX estimates (area 19100).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.