SOC 53-7071 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station 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 Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $79,720. The 10th percentile is $60,890 and the 90th percentile is $99,510. Employment is 100.
Median annual wage
$79,720
- 10th percentile
- $60,890
- 25th percentile
- $61,950
- Median
- $79,720
- 75th percentile
- $95,640
- 90th percentile
- $99,510
- Mean
- $78,240
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators, the published 10th percentile is $60,890 and the 90th percentile is $99,510. The difference is $38,620, which is 48.4% 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 $61,950 to the 75th at $95,640, covers $33,690.
The mean annual wage is $78,240, which sits below the median of $79,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $77,320 for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,330, which is about the same as that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2.9% lower than the Texas median of $82,120.
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 $79,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators at $77,330 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 Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (100 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,510 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.09 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 · Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station 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 Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $79,720. The 10th percentile is $60,890 and the 90th percentile is $99,510. Employment is 100.
How does that compare with the national median for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators?
The local median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $77,320.
What is Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station 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 $79,720 is $77,330. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.