SOC 43-5111 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $52,420. The 10th percentile is $36,840 and the 90th percentile is $59,780. Employment is 1,670.

Median annual wage

$52,420

10th percentile
$36,840
25th percentile
$43,220
Median
$52,420
75th percentile
$57,830
90th percentile
$59,780
Mean
$50,580

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping, the published 10th percentile is $36,840 and the 90th percentile is $59,780. The difference is $22,940, which is 43.8% 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 $43,220 to the 75th at $57,830, covers $14,610.

The mean annual wage is $50,580, which sits below the median of $52,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 13% higher than the national median of $46,380 for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,849, which is 9.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.9% higher than the Texas median of $47,710.

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 $52,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping at $50,849 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 4 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).).

  • Killeen-Temple, TX is 123 miles away, with a median of $49,450 and employment of 70. That median is 5.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,262, against $50,849 here.
  • Oklahoma City, OK is 181 miles away, with a median of $36,910 and employment of 150. That median is 29.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,826, against $50,849 here.
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $50,950 and employment of 270. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,955, against $50,849 here.

Employment share

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (1,670 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 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 · Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $52,420. The 10th percentile is $36,840 and the 90th percentile is $59,780. Employment is 1,670.

How does that compare with the national median for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping?

The local median is 13% higher than the national median of $46,380.

What is Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 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 $52,420 is $50,849. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping?

Killeen-Temple, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 123 miles away, at $49,450. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.