How much do Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Percentile spread

For Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors, the published 10th percentile is $39,690 and the 90th percentile is $61,900. The difference is $22,210, which is 49.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,690 to the 75th at $47,800, covers $8,110.

The mean annual wage is $49,220, which sits above the median of $45,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 26.3% lower than the national median of $61,540 for Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,971, which is 28.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.4% lower than the Texas median of $49,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors at $43,971 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 4th of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Killeen-Temple, TX is 123 miles away, with a median of $49,700 and employment of 30. That median is 9.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,536, against $43,971 here.
• Oklahoma City, OK is 181 miles away, with a median of $51,840 and employment of 150. That median is 14.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,340, against $43,971 here.
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $61,760 and employment of 240. That median is 36.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,978, against $43,971 here.

Employment share

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (320 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (37,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.33 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.