How much do Musicians and Singers make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Percentile spread

For Musicians and Singers, the published 10th percentile is $8.99 and the 90th percentile is $86.16. The difference is $77.17, which is 203.2% 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 $27.14 to the 75th at $62.52, covers $35.38.

The mean hourly wage is $49.29, which sits above the median of $37.98. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 20.5% lower than the national median of $47.80 for Musicians and Singers.

It is 13.1% higher than the Texas median of $33.59.

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 $37.98 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Musicians and Singers at $36.84 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 hourly median for Musicians and Singers. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st 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).).

• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $31.49 and employment of 120. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32.11, against $36.84 here.

Employment share

Musicians and Singers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (460 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (36,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.49 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.