SOC 53-6099 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Transportation Workers, All Other 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 Transportation Workers, All Other in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $31,270. The 10th percentile is $31,270 and the 90th percentile is $64,600. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$31,270
- 10th percentile
- $31,270
- 25th percentile
- $31,270
- Median
- $31,270
- 75th percentile
- $37,230
- 90th percentile
- $64,600
- Mean
- $37,360
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Transportation Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $31,270 and the 90th percentile is $64,600. The difference is $33,330, which is 106.6% 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 $31,270 to the 75th at $37,230, covers $5,960.
The mean annual wage is $37,360, which sits above the median of $31,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 31.5% lower than the national median of $45,650 for Transportation Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,333, which is 33.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 40.6% lower than the Texas median of $52,640.
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 $31,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Workers, All Other at $30,333 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 Transportation Workers, All Other. 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).).
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 190 miles away, with a median of $51,890 and employment of 40. That median is 65.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,216, against $30,333 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Transportation Workers, All Other 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 Transportation Workers, All Other make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Transportation Workers, All Other in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $31,270. The 10th percentile is $31,270 and the 90th percentile is $64,600.
How does that compare with the national median for Transportation Workers, All Other?
The local median is 31.5% lower than the national median of $45,650.
What is Transportation Workers, All Other 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 $31,270 is $30,333. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Transportation Workers, All Other?
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 190 miles away, at $51,890. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.