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24-1505-DAL
Friday, September 06, 2024

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Occupational Employment and Wages in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington — May 2023

Workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $31.66 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that higher paying major occupational groups included management ($65.92), legal ($65.53), and computer and mathematical ($53.37). Lower paying occupations included food preparation and serving related ($15.19), building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($16.74), and healthcare support ($16.94). (See table A.)

Occupational groups with the highest employment in the Dallas area included office and administrative support (13.2 percent), transportation and material moving (10.4 percent), and sales and related (9.3 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included life, physical, and social science (0.6 percent); legal (0.7 percent); and community and social service (0.8 percent).

Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the Dallas metropolitan area, May 2023
Major occupational group Percent of total employment Mean hourly wage ($)
United States Dallas United States Dallas

Total, all occupations

100.0 100.0 31.48 31.66

Management

6.9 8.8 66.23 65.92

Business and financial operations

6.6 7.2 43.55 41.98

Computer and mathematical

3.4 4.8 54.39 53.37

Architecture and engineering

1.7 1.5 47.64 46.51

Life, physical, and social science

0.9 0.6 42.24 37.36

Community and social service

1.6 0.8 28.36 28.23

Legal

0.8 0.7 64.34 65.53

Educational instruction and library

5.8 5.2 31.92 30.17

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

1.4 1.1 36.31 34.00

Healthcare practitioners and technical

6.1 5.3 49.07 47.22

Healthcare support

4.7 3.1 18.37 16.94

Protective service

2.3 2.0 27.74 26.57

Food preparation and serving related

8.7 8.6 16.58 15.19

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

2.9 2.5 18.43 16.74

Personal care and service

2.0 1.6 18.48 17.02

Sales and related

8.8 9.3 25.62 26.00

Office and administrative support

12.2 13.2 23.05 23.04

Farming, fishing, and forestry

0.3 0.1 19.22 19.10

Construction and extraction

4.1 3.9 29.57 25.64

Installation, maintenance, and repair

3.9 4.3 28.13 27.66

Production

5.8 5.1 22.90 21.83

Transportation and material moving

9.1 10.4 22.45 23.20

One occupational group—management—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Dallas had 350,940 jobs in management, accounting for 8.8 percent of local area employment, compared to the 6.9-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $65.92, compared to the national wage of $66.23.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the management group included general and operations managers (132,590), sales managers (27,840), and computer and information systems managers (24,680). Among the higher-paying jobs in this group were chief executives and architectural and engineering managers, with mean hourly wages of $161.44 and $92.49, respectively. At the lower end of the wage scale were preschool and daycare education and childcare administrators ($26.64) and food service managers ($32.17). (Detailed data for the management occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_19100.htm.)

Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Dallas area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in some of the occupations within the management group. For instance, sales managers were employed at 1.9 times the national rate in Dallas, and transportation, storage, and distribution managers, at 1.8 times the U.S. average. Preschool and daycare education and childcare administrators had a location quotient of 1.0 in Dallas, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.

The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the Texas Workforce Commission.


Technical Note

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 580 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables are available online.

Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology are available in the national Technical Notes. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.8 percent based on establishments and 64.3 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area included 10,946 establishments with a response rate of 45 percent.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Ellis County, Hood County, Hunt County, Johnson County, Kaufman County, Parker County, Rockwall County, Somervell County, Tarrant County, and Wise County.

For more information

Answers to frequently asked questions about the OEWS data, as well as general program documentation, are available on the OEWS website.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employment and wage data for management occupations, Dallas metropolitan area, May 2023
Occupation (1) Employment Mean wages ($)
Level (2) Location quotient (3) Hourly Annual (4)

Management occupations

350,940 1.3 65.92 137,110

Chief executives

2,030 0.4 161.44 335,780

General and operations managers

132,590 1.5 64.11 133,350

Legislators

210 0.2 (6) 79,500

Advertising and promotions managers

980 1.8 58.14 120,930

Marketing managers

13,790 1.4 73.67 153,230

Sales managers

27,840 1.9 71.00 147,670

Public relations managers

2,640 1.4 63.03 131,100

Fundraising managers

750 0.9 52.27 108,730

Administrative services managers

5,710 0.9 65.51 136,250

Facilities managers

3,030 0.9 55.30 115,020

Computer and information systems managers

24,680 1.6 84.53 175,830

Financial managers

23,520 1.1 84.02 174,770

Industrial production managers

5,450 0.9 61.05 126,990

Purchasing managers

2,580 1.3 68.96 143,430

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

9,380 1.8 53.10 110,450

Compensation and benefits managers

(5) (5) 63.58 132,250

Human resources managers

6,650 1.3 72.50 150,800

Training and development managers

1,870 1.7 64.11 133,360

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

90 0.6 32.03 66,610

Construction managers

12,320 1.4 52.00 108,160

Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare

1,650 1.0 26.64 55,410

Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

9,710 1.2 (6) 98,960

Education administrators, postsecondary

3,610 0.8 58.12 120,900

Education administrators, all other

1,260 1.0 45.96 95,590

Architectural and engineering managers

5,930 1.1 92.49 192,370

Food service managers

(5) (5) 32.17 66,920

Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

700 0.9 41.78 86,910

Lodging managers

1,280 1.2 34.22 71,180

Medical and health services managers

14,390 1.1 63.16 131,370

Natural sciences managers

1,540 0.6 63.48 132,030

Postmasters and mail superintendents

110 0.3 47.76 99,350

Property, real estate, and community association managers

10,420 1.4 36.00 74,870

Social and community service managers

2,300 0.5 40.33 83,890

Emergency management directors

270 0.9 50.74 105,540

Funeral home managers

390 1.0 32.46 67,510

Managers, all other

14,950 1.0 71.31 148,320

(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_19100.htm.
(2) Estimates for detailed occupations may not sum to the totals due to rounding, and because the totals may include occupations that are not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
(4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(5) Estimate not released.
(6) Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid.

 

Last Modified Date: Friday, September 06, 2024