SOC 53-7073 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Wellhead Pumpers 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 Wellhead Pumpers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $78,010. The 10th percentile is $56,930 and the 90th percentile is $104,780. Employment is 830.

Median annual wage

$78,010

10th percentile
$56,930
25th percentile
$61,760
Median
$78,010
75th percentile
$95,570
90th percentile
$104,780
Mean
$80,960

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Wellhead Pumpers, the published 10th percentile is $56,930 and the 90th percentile is $104,780. The difference is $47,850, which is 61.3% 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 $61,760 to the 75th at $95,570, covers $33,810.

The mean annual wage is $80,960, which sits above the median of $78,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 11.5% higher than the national median of $69,960 for Wellhead Pumpers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,672, which is 8.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% higher than the Texas median of $75,860.

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 $78,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Wellhead Pumpers at $75,672 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Wellhead Pumpers. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 5 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).).

  • Tyler, TX is 104 miles away, with a median of $70,590 and employment of 90. That median is 9.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,598, against $75,672 here.
  • Wichita Falls, TX is 109 miles away, with a median of $63,530. That median is 18.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,973, against $75,672 here.
  • Longview, TX is 136 miles away, with a median of $64,920 and employment of 150. That median is 16.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,548, against $75,672 here.

Employment share

Wellhead Pumpers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (830 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (17,990 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.77 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 · Wellhead Pumpers 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 Wellhead Pumpers make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Wellhead Pumpers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $78,010. The 10th percentile is $56,930 and the 90th percentile is $104,780. Employment is 830.

How does that compare with the national median for Wellhead Pumpers?

The local median is 11.5% higher than the national median of $69,960.

What is Wellhead Pumpers 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 $78,010 is $75,672. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Wellhead Pumpers?

Tyler, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 104 miles away, at $70,590. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.