High-Paying Jobs in Dallas Texas - TOP 10 Employers!
So you want to move here to the Dallas Texas area but maybe you don't have that relocation option with your current employer. Maybe you no longer get to work from home and you're just tired of the crazy commute where you live. or maybe you just want a better job with more opportunities for growth. Well, that’s some of the things we’re hearing from people wanting to relocate here to the Dallas Texas area. So we thought we’d share some of the top paying jobs here in the Dallas area according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and as a bonus, we thought we would share the top 10 companies according to the Forbes "Best Workplaces by State" lists. Which will hopefully help you in your move to the Dallas Texas area.
Medical
So according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, we looked over the list and sorted it by Annual Mean Wage. There was definitely a pattern that emerged. Of the top 20 Highest Paying Professions in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, 16 of them are in the Health Care industry. These included careers such as
#1 Cardiologists - Average Salary of $362,730 and 400 employed in DFW.
#2 OBGYN - Average Salary $328,570 per year and 670 employed in the DFW area.
#3 Orthopedic Surgeons, - Average Salary $322,610 and only 190 in the DFW area
#6 Radiologists - Average Salary $295,520
Just to name a few of those 16 that were found in the top 20.
So if you work in the Health Care Industry, the Dallas Metro area will have a place for you and they pay pretty well.
The next highest paying profession in the DFW area that is NOT related to Health Care is Chief Executive. This is not just the CEOs of companies, but other management and high-level executives as was noted by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
Executives
Now according to the BLS, Chief Executives do pretty well here in the DFW area:
They are the #4 Highest Paid Profession with an
Average Salary of over $296,840 per year
With the number of major corporations located here, there are about 1,570 of them in the DFW area.
As indicated my the Map on the screen, Texas is in the Highest Tier for pay for this profession.
Aviation
Another one of the Highest paying professions in the Dallas Metro is our Pilots, our Co-Pilots, and Flight Engineers, this would make sense since the DFW airport is ranked # 2 in terms of the busiest airport, its where American Airlines is based and you also have LOVE field where Southwest Airlines is based as well here in Dallas.
These professions are ranked #18 on the list in terms of average salary
With an Average annual salary of $213,010
And over 5,580 of them are employed in the Dallas Metro area
So if you do fall into this category, you would be happy to know that Texas is the #1 state for Pilots in the entire country.
Lawyers
The fourth category for the Highest Paying jobs in the Dallas Metro are Lawyers. This would make sense because of all the corporations, and industries based here in the DFW area. Everyone needs to have their legalese in their contracts.
Now lawyers came in at #21 on the list, so while they are just shy of the top 20, since the Health Care industry took up most of the top 20, we thought we would expand just a bit.
So Lawyers here in Dallas earn on average about $161,650
And there are roughly almost 15K of them employed in the area
Texas actually comes in at Fourth in terms of the amount of Lawyers with 43,850 in the state
And while its not the highest paying State in the Country, it is still in the top tier.
Finance
So Lets turn our focus now to finance, coming in at #22 on the list for highest paying jobs is Financial Managers, the BLS describes this as: people employed in accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities whether it's in their own branch or office or within a specific department within a large corporation.
And with JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America being some of the largest employers in the Dallas area this would definitely make sense.
This category averages a salary of $161,500
And there are around 17,000 employed in the DFW area.
Texas actually is the 3rd largest in terms of numbers of finance managers employed in the state.
And while Texas does NOT rank the highest in terms of average salary, it is still in the TOP Tier of pay.
Information Systems Managers
Finally, we are rounding it out our list with "Computer and Information Systems Managers". This role is described by the BLS as people who work in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming. But does exclude your regular “Computer Occupations”"
The average salary in DFW for computer and information systems managers is $159,010
and there are roughly almost 16K employed in the area
Texas is actually the 2nd Largest Employer in this category, ranked just behind California.
Texas is not the TOP state in terms of pay either, but they still pay in the top tier of salaries in the country.
So there you have it, the list of the top-paying jobs and industries in the Dallas Metro area.
Best Places to Work in Dallas Texas
Now as a bonus, we thought we would share the Forbes list for the Dallas Fort Worth Metro area for "Best Workplaces".
Now Forbes conducts this survey of over 70,000 American workers that have at least 500 employees and they have done it now for its 4th consecutive year. So now that we have discussed some of the top-paying professions in the area, you can use this list to see if these employers may have anything within those categories so you can have your cake and eat it too.
#54 on the list, is Celanese. They are in the Construction, Oil & Gas, Mining, and Chemical Businesses and employ about 3,075 people
#47 on the list is Atmos Energy in Dallas, this is a Utility provider, and employs about 4,684 people.
#37 is Methodist Health Systems in Dallas, they’re a Health Care provider based in Dallas and employs 9,438 people. So with all of the high-paying Health care professions noted earlier, maybe check here.
#27 on the list is CHRISTUS Health, this again another Health Care provider that employs 45,000 people and is based in Irving, Texas just outside of Dallas.
#21 is the City of Plano, we have talked often about Plano and have some videos on living in Plano Texas if you’re interested. It's one of the larger cities here in the Dallas Metro area and they likely have opportunities that cross into several of the top-paying professions.
#19 is GM Financial, based in Fort Worth Texas, they employ about 9,000 people and would likely have opportunities for IS Managers as we noted before, as well as Financial Managers, and even Lawyers.
#18 is the Lewisville Independent School District, this is one we are familiar with as all of our children have attended schools in the Lewisville school district. They employ roughly 6,085 people and are based in Lewisville Texas. Not too far from me, here in the city of Flower Mound.
#17 in the DFW area, is Southwest Airlines. As we noted in the earlier discussion with Pilots and Flight Engineers, this may a good one to check out if you’re thinking of moving to the DFW area. They employ a whopping 55,000 people and are based in Dallas Texas.
#16 on the list is the University of Texas at Dallas, based in Richardson. We have done videos on this city as well if you’re interested in learning more about the area. This one as well will likely have opportunities that cross professional lines.
Finally, the top RANKED employer in the Dallas Metro area according to the survey and Ranked #7 overall is the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Of course with all the high-paying Health Care professions in our area, this is a no-brainer to check into if you’re thinking of moving to Dallas Texas as a healthcare professional
So that’s it, we hope this video was helpful and if you are thinking of moving to Dallas Texas, and are curious about the employment situation, Overall, no matter what industry you work in, the economy in Texas is very strong. There are careers in all types of industries in the area. My husband works in the Logistics industry, which is also huge in the DFW metro with all the cargo that flies in and out of DFW.
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