SOC 39-3092 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Costume Attendants 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 Costume Attendants in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $27,090. The 10th percentile is $26,000 and the 90th percentile is $50,340. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$27,090

10th percentile
$26,000
25th percentile
$26,000
Median
$27,090
75th percentile
$47,750
90th percentile
$50,340
Mean
$37,070

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Costume Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $26,000 and the 90th percentile is $50,340. The difference is $24,340, which is 89.8% 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 $26,000 to the 75th at $47,750, covers $21,750.

The mean annual wage is $37,070, which sits above the median of $27,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 46.3% lower than the national median of $50,400 for Costume Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $26,278, which is 47.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.7% lower than the Texas median of $28,440.

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 $27,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Costume Attendants at $26,278 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 Costume Attendants. 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).).

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $26,380 and employment of 80. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $26,900, against $26,278 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Costume Attendants by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Costume Attendants make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Costume Attendants in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $27,090. The 10th percentile is $26,000 and the 90th percentile is $50,340.

How does that compare with the national median for Costume Attendants?

The local median is 46.3% lower than the national median of $50,400.

What is Costume Attendants 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 $27,090 is $26,278. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Costume Attendants?

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 184 miles away, at $26,380. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.