SOC 53-3011 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $32,780. The 10th percentile is $19,970 and the 90th percentile is $34,730. Employment is 110.
Median annual wage
$32,780
- 10th percentile
- $19,970
- 25th percentile
- $25,800
- Median
- $32,780
- 75th percentile
- $34,700
- 90th percentile
- $34,730
- Mean
- $30,260
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $19,970 and the 90th percentile is $34,730. The difference is $14,760, which is 45.0% 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 $25,800 to the 75th at $34,700, covers $8,900.
The mean annual wage is $30,260, which sits below the median of $32,780. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 7.5% lower than the national median of $35,450 for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,797, which is 10.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 5.7% higher than the Texas median of $31,010.
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 $32,780 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians at $31,797 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 2 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).).
- Oklahoma City, OK is 181 miles away, with a median of $28,310. That median is 13.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,314, against $31,797 here.
Employment share
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (110 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,630 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.
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Questions this page answers
How much do Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $32,780. The 10th percentile is $19,970 and the 90th percentile is $34,730. Employment is 110.
How does that compare with the national median for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians?
The local median is 7.5% lower than the national median of $35,450.
What is Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $32,780 is $31,797. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians?
Oklahoma City, OK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 181 miles away, at $28,310. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.