SOC 51-4061 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 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 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $89,960. The 10th percentile is $39,920 and the 90th percentile is $130,360. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$89,960

10th percentile
$39,920
25th percentile
$48,350
Median
$89,960
75th percentile
$107,890
90th percentile
$130,360
Mean
$84,380

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Model Makers, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $39,920 and the 90th percentile is $130,360. The difference is $90,440, which is 100.5% 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 $48,350 to the 75th at $107,890, covers $59,540.

The mean annual wage is $84,380, which sits below the median of $89,960. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 42% higher than the national median of $63,340 for Model Makers, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,264, which is 37.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 36.5% higher than the Texas median of $65,920.

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 $89,960 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Model Makers, Metal and Plastic at $87,264 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 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (70 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,610 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.03 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 · Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 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 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Model Makers, Metal and Plastic in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $89,960. The 10th percentile is $39,920 and the 90th percentile is $130,360. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Model Makers, Metal and Plastic?

The local median is 42% higher than the national median of $63,340.

What is Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 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 $89,960 is $87,264. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.