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SOUTHWEST INFORMATION OFFICEDallas, Texas

For release: Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Contact information: (972) 850-4800 BLSInfoDallas@bls.gov www.bls.gov/ro6

OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON

MAY 2010

Workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly

wage of $21.89 in May 2010, above the nationwide average of $21.35, according to the U.S. Bureau of

Labor Statistics. Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing for statistical

significance, wages in the local area were significantly higher than their respective national averages in6 of the 22 major occupational groups, including management, computer and mathematical, and

business and financial operations occupations.

TableA.Occupationalemploymentandwagesbymajoroccupationalgroup,UnitedStatesandthe

DallasFortWorthArlingtonMetropolitanStatisticalArea,andmeasuresofstatisticalsignificance,May2010

*Thepercentshareofemploymentormeanhourlywageforthisareaissignificantlydifferentfromthenationalaverage

ofallareasatthe90percentconfidencelevel.1Anemploymentestimateisnotavailable.

United

States

United

States

Total,alloccupations 100.0% 100.0% $21.35 $21.89 *

Management 4.7 5.1 * 50.69 52.28 *

Businessandfinancialoperations 4.8 5.2 * 32.54 33.48 *

Computerandmathematical 2.6 3.7 * 37.13 39.01 *

Architectureandengineering 1.8 2.2 * 36.32 37.26

Life,physical, andsocialscience 0.8 0.6 * 31.92 33.43

Communityandsocialservice 1.5 0.8 * 20.76 22.56 *

Legal 0.8 0.8 46.60 46.60

Education,training,andlibrary 6.7 6.3 * 24.25 24.06

Arts,design,entertainment,sports,andmedia 1.4 1.3 25.14 24.21

Healthcarepractitionersandtechnical 5.8 4.9 * 34.27 34.77

Healthcaresupport 3.1 2.4 * 12.94 12.98

Protectiveservice 2.5 2.1 * 20.43 19.82

Foodpreparationandservingrelated 8.7 8.1 * 10.21 9.51 *

Buildingandgroundscleaningandmaintenance 3.3 2.7 * 12.16 11.24 *

Personalcareandservice 2.7 2.2 * 11.82 11.66

Salesandrelated 10.6 11.7 * 17.69 19.25 *

Officeandadministrativesupport 16.9 18.4 * 16.09 16.65 *

Farming,fishing,andforestry 0.3 (1) 11.70 12.51

Constructionandextraction 4.0 4.1 21.09 17.35 *

Installation, maintenance, andrepair 3.9 4.1 * 20.58 19.84 *

Production 6.5 6.1 * 16.24 15.08 *

Transportationandmaterialmoving 6.7 7.2 * 15.70 15.88

DallasFort

Worth

Arlington

DallasFort

Worth

Arlington

Percentoftotalemployment Meanhourlywage

Majoroccupationalgroup

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When compared to the nationwide distribution, local employment was more highly concentrated in 8 of

the 22 occupational groups including office and administrative support; sales and related; and business

and financial operations. Conversely, 10 groups had employment shares significantly below their

national representation, including healthcare practitioners and technical, as well as healthcare support.

(See table A and box note at end of release.)

One occupational group business and financial operations was chosen to illustrate the diversity of

data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington had 147,410jobs in business and financial operations, accounting for 5.2 percent of local area employment,

significantly above the national share of 4.8 percent. The average hourly wage for this occupational

group locally was $33.48, above the national wage of $32.54.

With employment of 26,560, accountants and auditors was the largest occupation within the business

and financial operations group, followed by business operations specialists (18,830), and management

analysts (12,000). Among the higher-paying jobs were agents and business managers of artists,

performers, and athletes with mean hourly wages of $44.06 and personal financial advisors at $43.22. At

the lower end of the wage scale were credit counselors ($18.90) and tax preparers ($17.41). (Detailed

occupational data for the business and financial operations group are presented in table 1; for a complete

listing of detailed occupations 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-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, above average concentrations

of employment were found in a number of the occupations within the business and financial operations

group. For instance, both credit analysts and credit counselors were employed at more than 2 times the

national rate in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. On the other hand, the job of tax examiner, collector, and

revenue agent had a location quotient of 0.5 in Dallas, meaning the local employment share in this

particular occupation was below the national average.

These statistics are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, a federal-state

cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies, in this case, the Texas Workforce

Commission. The OES survey provides estimates of employment and hourly and annual wages for wage

and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and nearly 800 non-military detailed occupations

for the nation, states, metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and nonmetropolitan areas.

OES wage and employment data for the 22 major occupational groups in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area were compared to their respective national averages based on

statistical significance testing. Only those occupations with wages or employment shares above orbelow the national wage or share after testing for significance at the 90-percent confidence level meetthe criteria.

NOTE: A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that the differencehas economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is concerned with the ability to makeconfident statements about a universe based on a sample. It is entirely possible that a large differencebetween two values is not significantly different statistically, while a small difference is, since both thesize and heterogeneity of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested.

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Technical Note

The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey measuring

occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in

the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are also surveyed, but their data are not

included in this release. OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million

establishments. Forms are mailed to approximately 200,000 establishments in May and November of

each year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate for the May 2010 survey was 78.2percent based on establishments and 74.4 percent based on employment. May 2010 estimates are

based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period: May 2010, November

2009, May 2009, November 2008, May 2008, and November 2007. The sample in the Dallas-Fort

Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area included 13,045 establishments with a response rate

of 65 percent. For more information about OES concepts and methodology, go to

www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm.

The May 2010 OES estimates mark the first set of estimates based in part on data collected using the

2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Nearly all the occupations in this release

are 2010 SOC occupations; however, some are not. The May 2012 OES data will reflect the full set

of detailed occupations in the 2010 SOC. For a list of all occupations, including 2010 SOC

occupations, and how data collected on two structures were combined, see the OES Frequently

Asked Questions online at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm#Ques41.

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, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Collin,

Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise Countiesin Texas.

Additional information

OES data are available on our regional web page at www.bls.gov/ro6. If you have additional

questions, contact the Southwest Information Office at 972-850-4800. Information in this release

will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request - Voice phone: 202-691-5200;

TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.

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Table1.EmploymentandwagedatafromtheOccupationalEmploymentStatisticssurvey,byoccupation,

DallasFortWorthArlingtonMetropolitanStatisticalArea,May2010

1Estimatesfordetailedoccupationsdonotsumtothetotalsbecausethetotalsincludeoccupationsnotshownseparately. Estimates

donotincludeselfemployedworkers.2Thelocationquotientistheratiooftheareaconcentrationofoccupationalemploymenttothenationalaverageconcentration.A

locationquotientgreaterthanoneindicatestheoccupationhasahighershareofemploymentthanaverage,andalocationquotientless

thanoneindicatestheoccupationislessprevalentintheareathanaverage.3Estimatenotreleased.

*Thisoccupationhasthesametitle,butnotnecessarilythesamecontent,asthe2010SOCoccupation.

Level1

Location

quotient2

Hourly Annual

Business andFinancial Operations Occupations 147,410 1.1 $33.48 $69,640

Agents andBusiness Managers ofArtists,Performers,andAthletes 130 0.5 44.06 91,630

Buyers andPurchasingAgents,FarmProducts 80 0.33 3

WholesaleandRetail Buyers,ExceptFarmProducts 3,510 1.5 28.29 58,840

PurchasingAgents,ExceptWholesale,Retail,andFarmProducts 7,400 1.2 29.56 61,480

ClaimsAdjusters,Examiners,andInvestigators 7,500 1.3 28.77 59,850InsuranceAppraisers,AutoDamage 440 1.9 27.02 56,200

ComplianceOfficers 4,880 1.1 29.05 60,430

CostEstimators 4,430 1.1 29.95 62,300

HumanResources,Training,andLaborRelationsSpecialists,All Other* 9,970 1.1 30.10 62,610

Logisticians 3,140 1.3 32.73 68,080

ManagementAnalysts 12,000 1.0 42.95 89,330

Meeting,Convention,andEventPlanners* 1,360 1.1 22.45 46,700Compensation,Benefits,andJobAnalysisSpecialists 2,790 1.2 28.28 58,820TrainingandDevelopmentSpecialists 5,450 1.2 30.02 62,440

MarketResearchAnalystsandMarketingSpecialists* 5,940 1.0 32.08 66,740Business Operations Specialists,All Other* 18,830 0.9 34.86 72,510

AccountantsandAuditors 26,560 1.1 34.53 71,820AppraisersandAssessors ofReal Estate 1,690 1.2 31.32 65,150

BudgetAnalysts 1,130 0.9 32.38 67,350

CreditAnalysts 2,970 2.1 33.32 69,300

Financial Analysts 7,200 1.5 37.78 78,590

PersonalFinancial Advisors 4,360 1.3 43.22 89,890

InsuranceUnderwriters 2,210 1.0 31.54 65,600

Financial Examiners 1,120 1.8 40.96 85,190

CreditCounselors 1,360 2.1 18.90 39,320

LoanOfficers 6,330 1.0 35.84 74,540

TaxExaminers andCollectors,andRevenueAgents 730 0.5 33.76 70,230

TaxPreparers 1,080 0.9 17.41 36,220Financial Specialists,All Other 2,810 0.8 32.19 66,950

Occupation

Employment Meanwages