SOC 29-9092 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Genetic Counselors 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 Genetic Counselors in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $101,390. The 10th percentile is $76,380 and the 90th percentile is $121,980. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$101,390

10th percentile
$76,380
25th percentile
$87,350
Median
$101,390
75th percentile
$101,390
90th percentile
$121,980
Mean
$97,940

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Genetic Counselors, the published 10th percentile is $76,380 and the 90th percentile is $121,980. The difference is $45,600, which is 45.0% 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 $87,350 to the 75th at $101,390, covers $14,040.

The mean annual wage is $97,940, which sits below the median of $101,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $100,040 for Genetic Counselors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $98,351, which is 1.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% higher than the Texas median of $99,450.

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 $101,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Genetic Counselors at $98,351 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 Genetic Counselors 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 · Genetic Counselors 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 Genetic Counselors make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Genetic Counselors in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $101,390. The 10th percentile is $76,380 and the 90th percentile is $121,980.

How does that compare with the national median for Genetic Counselors?

The local median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $100,040.

What is Genetic Counselors 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 $101,390 is $98,351. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.