SOC 29-1029 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Dentists, All Other Specialists 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 Dentists, All Other Specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $402,600. The 10th percentile is $158,940 and the 90th percentile is $408,710. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$402,600
- 10th percentile
- $158,940
- 25th percentile
- $228,430
- Median
- $402,600
- 75th percentile
- $402,670
- 90th percentile
- $408,710
- Mean
- $327,890
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
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Percentile spread
For Dentists, All Other Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $158,940 and the 90th percentile is $408,710. The difference is $249,770, which is 62.0% 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 $228,430 to the 75th at $402,670, covers $174,240.
The mean annual wage is $327,890, which sits below the median of $402,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 78.9% higher than the national median of $224,990 for Dentists, All Other Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $390,533, which is 73.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 40.5% higher than the Texas median of $286,510.
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 $402,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dentists, All Other Specialists at $390,533 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 Dentists, All Other Specialists. 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 $281,940. That median is 30% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $287,500, against $390,533 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Dentists, All Other Specialists 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 Dentists, All Other Specialists make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dentists, All Other Specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $402,600. The 10th percentile is $158,940 and the 90th percentile is $408,710.
How does that compare with the national median for Dentists, All Other Specialists?
The local median is 78.9% higher than the national median of $224,990.
What is Dentists, All Other Specialists 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 $402,600 is $390,533. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Dentists, All Other Specialists?
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 184 miles away, at $281,940. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.