Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX moved from $49,740 in May 2024 to $51,440 in May 2025 (+3.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX sits +0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic publishes $80,110 here versus $47,180 nationally (+69.8%; 5,440metro-area jobs). Next is Chief Executives at $320,060 locally versus $213,990 nationally (+49.6%).
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$80,110 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX sits 69.8% above the national Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $47,180 (5,440 published local jobs).
- Chief Executives$320,060 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX sits 49.6% above the national Chief Executives median of $213,990 (2,580 published local jobs).
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$21,050 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX sits 38.1% below the national Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers median of $33,980 (18,600 published local jobs).
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$86,520 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX sits 32.3% above the national Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers median of $65,380 (2,450 published local jobs).
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 19100 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $70K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-FULL · TOP-LEAD · EMP-HEAVY · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #44/528
- RPP-MID 103.1
- OCC-FULL 712 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $667K
- EMP-HEAVY Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Mount Vernon-Ana…
- BOOK-FULL 686 rows · May 2025
Read with Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA ($1 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Employment scale inside Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 30,690 jobs · $173,810
- 2. Financial Managers 26,600 jobs · $169,200
- 3. Physicians, All Other 13,580 jobs · $222,410
- 4. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 5,980 jobs · $212,810
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 5,970 jobs · $172,160
- 6. Dentists, General 2,890 jobs · $179,990
- 7. Chief Executives 2,580 jobs · $320,060
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 2,240 jobs · $259,310
- 9. General Internal Medicine Physicians 1,350 jobs · $276,520
- 10. Nurse Anesthetists 1,290 jobs · $218,650
- 11. Anesthesiologists 950 jobs · $218,060
- 12. Cardiologists 940 jobs · $403,340
- 13. Air Traffic Controllers 800 jobs · $186,510
- 14. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 770 jobs · $321,260
- 15. Physicians, Pathologists 480 jobs · $316,150
- 16. Surgeons, All Other 470 jobs · $494,800
- 17. Psychiatrists 410 jobs · $240,930
- 18. Pediatricians, General 340 jobs · $242,160
Occupations Tracked
712
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$70,367
employment-weighted, 686 complete rows
Top Salary
$666,930
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
103.1
3% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $666,930 |
| 2 | Surgeons, All Other | $494,800 |
| 3 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $431,910 |
| 4 | Cardiologists | $403,340 |
| 5 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $402,600 |
| 6 | Neurologists | $360,640 |
| 7 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $359,980 |
| 8 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $324,210 |
| 9 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $321,260 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $320,060 |
| 11 | Physicians, Pathologists | $316,150 |
| 12 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $276,520 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $259,310 |
| 14 | Pediatricians, General | $242,160 |
| 15 | Psychiatrists | $240,930 |
| 16 | Dermatologists | $232,910 |
| 17 | Physicians, All Other | $222,410 |
| 18 | Nurse Anesthetists | $218,650 |
| 19 | Anesthesiologists | $218,060 |
| 20 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $212,810 |
| 21 | Air Traffic Controllers | $186,510 |
| 22 | Dentists, General | $179,990 |
| 23 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,810 |
| 24 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $172,160 |
| 25 | Financial Managers | $169,200 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,050 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,160 |
| Bartenders | $24,170 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $25,320 |
| Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other | $25,980 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $26,900 |
| Costume Attendants | $27,090 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,230 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,070 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,080 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in TX
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside TX. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($70,367 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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