SOC 25-1193 · Area 19100 · May 2025

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Published annual and hourly estimates.
MeasureAnnual payHourly pay
10th percentile$43,630Not released
25th percentile$62,500Not released
Median$79,310Not released
75th percentile$101,720Not released
90th percentile$125,310Not released
Average$83,270Not released

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 310. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $62,500 to $101,720 in 2025, a span of $39,220.

The area median is $2,830 (3.7%) above Texas's $76,480 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 7 other published areas
  • This area's median is $20,610 (35.1%) above the $58,700 median in El Paso, TX.
  • This area's median is $16,950 (27.2%) above the $62,360 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
  • This area's median is $13,980 (21.4%) above the $65,330 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
  • This area's median is $3,560 (4.7%) above the $75,750 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
  • This area's median is $1,570 (2.0%) above the $77,740 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
  • This area's median is $380 (0.5%) above the $78,930 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
  • This area's median is $2,790 (3.4%) below the $82,100 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.

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