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How much do Lighting Technicians 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 Lighting Technicians in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $60,250. The 10th percentile is $39,280 and the 90th percentile is $70,820. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$60,250

10th percentile
$39,280
25th percentile
$51,410
Median
$60,250
75th percentile
$68,840
90th percentile
$70,820
Mean
$58,650

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Lighting Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $39,280 and the 90th percentile is $70,820. The difference is $31,540, which is 52.3% 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 $51,410 to the 75th at $68,840, covers $17,430.

The mean annual wage is $58,650, which sits below the median of $60,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $68,060 for Lighting Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,444, which is 14.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.4% higher than the Texas median of $53,150.

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 $60,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Lighting Technicians at $58,444 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 Lighting Technicians. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 2nd 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).).

  • Oklahoma City, OK is 181 miles away, with a median of $67,110 and employment of 40. That median is 11.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,230, against $58,444 here.

Employment share

Lighting Technicians accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (60 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.26 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 · Lighting Technicians 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 Lighting Technicians make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Lighting Technicians in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $60,250. The 10th percentile is $39,280 and the 90th percentile is $70,820. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Lighting Technicians?

The local median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $68,060.

What is Lighting Technicians 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 $60,250 is $58,444. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Lighting Technicians?

Oklahoma City, OK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 181 miles away, at $67,110. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.