High paying management jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Employed

1Chief Executives$320,060
Bachelor's degree
$134,660 – $589,7702,580
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$173,810
Bachelor's degree
$118,500 – $279,27030,690
3Architectural and Engineering Managers$172,160
Bachelor's degree
$109,320 – $271,2405,970
4Financial Managers$169,200
Bachelor's degree
$103,440 – $313,13026,600
5Marketing Managers$155,460
Bachelor's degree
$85,050 – $268,64016,320
6Sales Managers$144,290
Bachelor's degree
$75,750 – $280,99026,780
7Human Resources Managers$140,890
Bachelor's degree
$89,990 – $232,5407,970
8Managers, All Other$139,810
Bachelor's degree
$79,470 – $225,34019,890
9Purchasing Managers$137,820
Bachelor's degree
$90,650 – $215,8803,400
10Industrial Production Managers$132,990
Bachelor's degree
$81,000 – $209,8005,890
11Public Relations Managers$130,950
Bachelor's degree
$83,580 – $224,6802,850
12Natural Sciences Managers$130,010
Bachelor's degree
$78,050 – $209,2601,590
13Training and Development Managers$128,110
Bachelor's degree
$81,960 – $207,2802,150
14Medical and Health Services Managers$121,640
Bachelor's degree
$65,520 – $204,84017,140
15Administrative Services Managers$115,830
Bachelor's degree
$71,990 – $211,0206,160
16General and Operations Managers$111,010
Bachelor's degree
$46,710 – $279,830125,090
17Advertising and Promotions Managers$108,690
Bachelor's degree
$80,010 – $219,2001,370
18Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$104,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,780 – $195,0009,600
19Construction Managers$103,550
Bachelor's degree
$66,580 – $166,77017,110
20Education Administrators, Postsecondary$102,990
Master's degree
$74,100 – $200,2403,390
21Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$101,450
Master's degree
$79,210 – $132,4509,190
22Social and Community Service Managers$80,480
Bachelor's degree
$51,710 – $128,6903,390
23Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$62,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $151,05015,890
24Food Service Managers$61,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,050 – $101,8806,710
25Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$49,390
Bachelor's degree
$32,860 – $75,5201,330

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$320,060	$134,660 – $589,770	2,580
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$173,810	$118,500 – $279,270	30,690
3	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$172,160	$109,320 – $271,240	5,970
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$169,200	$103,440 – $313,130	26,600
5	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$155,460	$85,050 – $268,640	16,320
6	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$144,290	$75,750 – $280,990	26,780
7	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$140,890	$89,990 – $232,540	7,970
8	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$139,810	$79,470 – $225,340	19,890
9	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$137,820	$90,650 – $215,880	3,400
10	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$132,990	$81,000 – $209,800	5,890
11	Public Relations ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,950	$83,580 – $224,680	2,850
12	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,010	$78,050 – $209,260	1,590
13	Training and Development ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,110	$81,960 – $207,280	2,150
14	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,640	$65,520 – $204,840	17,140
15	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$115,830	$71,990 – $211,020	6,160
16	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$111,010	$46,710 – $279,830	125,090
17	Advertising and Promotions ManagersBachelor's degree	$108,690	$80,010 – $219,200	1,370
18	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,790	$69,780 – $195,000	9,600
19	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,550	$66,580 – $166,770	17,110
20	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$102,990	$74,100 – $200,240	3,390
21	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$101,450	$79,210 – $132,450	9,190
22	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$80,480	$51,710 – $128,690	3,390
23	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,920	$38,080 – $151,050	15,890
24	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,760	$45,050 – $101,880	6,710
25	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$49,390	$32,860 – $75,520	1,330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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