How much do Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Percentile spread

For Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $27,050 and the 90th percentile is $46,260. The difference is $19,210, which is 54.5% 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 $32,250 to the 75th at $38,240, covers $5,990.

The mean annual wage is $35,950, which sits above the median of $35,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 15.3% lower than the national median of $41,590 for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,184, which is 17.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% higher than the Texas median of $33,980.

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 $35,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders at $34,184 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 3rd of 3 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 $38,480 and employment of 140. That median is 9.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,563, against $34,184 here.
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $35,350 and employment of 330. That median is 0.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,047, against $34,184 here.

Employment share

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (850 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,250 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.04 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.