SOC 39-4012 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025
How much do Crematory Operators 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 Crematory Operators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $36,180. The 10th percentile is $30,500 and the 90th percentile is $57,810. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$36,180
- 10th percentile
- $30,500
- 25th percentile
- $35,380
- Median
- $36,180
- 75th percentile
- $40,000
- 90th percentile
- $57,810
- Mean
- $39,620
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Crematory Operators, the published 10th percentile is $30,500 and the 90th percentile is $57,810. The difference is $27,310, which is 75.5% 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 $35,380 to the 75th at $40,000, covers $4,620.
The mean annual wage is $39,620, which sits above the median of $36,180. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 17.1% lower than the national median of $43,650 for Crematory Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,096, which is 19.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 8.7% higher than the Texas median of $33,270.
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 $36,180 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crematory Operators at $35,096 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Crematory Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Crematory Operators 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 Crematory Operators make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crematory Operators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $36,180. The 10th percentile is $30,500 and the 90th percentile is $57,810.
How does that compare with the national median for Crematory Operators?
The local median is 17.1% lower than the national median of $43,650.
What is Crematory Operators 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 $36,180 is $35,096. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.