SOC 53-3031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Driver/Sales Workers 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 Driver/Sales Workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $44,440. The 10th percentile is $19,030 and the 90th percentile is $64,560. Employment is 9,970.

Median annual wage

$44,440

10th percentile
$19,030
25th percentile
$27,280
Median
$44,440
75th percentile
$56,930
90th percentile
$64,560
Mean
$43,570

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Driver/Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $19,030 and the 90th percentile is $64,560. The difference is $45,530, which is 102.5% 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 $27,280 to the 75th at $56,930, covers $29,650.

The mean annual wage is $43,570, which sits below the median of $44,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 14.6% higher than the national median of $38,770 for Driver/Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,108, which is 11.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24% higher than the Texas median of $35,850.

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 $44,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Driver/Sales Workers at $43,108 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Driver/Sales Workers. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 14 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).).

  • Sherman-Denison, TX is 56 miles away, with a median of $34,760 and employment of 200. That median is 21.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,069, against $43,108 here.
  • Waco, TX is 89 miles away, with a median of $34,470 and employment of 410. That median is 22.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,245, against $43,108 here.
  • Tyler, TX is 104 miles away, with a median of $33,750 and employment of 480. That median is 24.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,623, against $43,108 here.

Employment share

Driver/Sales Workers accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (9,970 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (409,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Driver/Sales Workers 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 Driver/Sales Workers make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Driver/Sales Workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $44,440. The 10th percentile is $19,030 and the 90th percentile is $64,560. Employment is 9,970.

How does that compare with the national median for Driver/Sales Workers?

The local median is 14.6% higher than the national median of $38,770.

What is Driver/Sales Workers 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 $44,440 is $43,108. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Driver/Sales Workers?

Sherman-Denison, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 56 miles away, at $34,760. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.