SOC 39-9032 · Area 19100 · May 2025
Recreation Workers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23,680 | $11.39 |
| 25th percentile | $28,550 | $13.73 |
| Median | $32,720 | $15.73 |
| 75th percentile | $38,430 | $18.48 |
| 90th percentile | $48,530 | $23.33 |
| Average | $35,670 | $17.15 |
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: 5,160. 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 $28,550 to $38,430 in 2025, a span of $9,880.
The area median is the same as Texas's $32,720 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 29 other published areas
- This area's median is $4,860 (17.4%) above the $27,860 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $4,290 (15.1%) above the $28,430 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $4,020 (14.0%) above the $28,700 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $3,700 (12.7%) above the $29,020 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $3,170 (10.7%) above the $29,550 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $2,770 (9.2%) above the $29,950 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $2,600 (8.6%) above the $30,120 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $2,590 (8.6%) above the $30,130 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $2,580 (8.6%) above the $30,140 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $2,400 (7.9%) above the $30,320 median in Midland, TX.
- This area's median is $2,330 (7.7%) above the $30,390 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $2,320 (7.6%) above the $30,400 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $2,200 (7.2%) above the $30,520 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $2,080 (6.8%) above the $30,640 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $1,910 (6.2%) above the $30,810 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $1,850 (6.0%) above the $30,870 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $1,520 (4.9%) above the $31,200 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $580 (1.8%) above the $32,140 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $270 (0.8%) above the $32,450 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $30 (0.1%) below the $32,750 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $190 (0.6%) below the $32,910 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $240 (0.7%) below the $32,960 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $860 (2.6%) below the $33,580 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $1,060 (3.1%) below the $33,780 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $1,520 (4.4%) below the $34,240 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $1,580 (4.6%) below the $34,300 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $3,020 (8.4%) below the $35,740 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,510 (14.4%) below the $38,230 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $15,150 (31.6%) below the $47,870 median in College Station-Bryan, 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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