Tarrant County · Texas
Arlington, TX jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Arlington, TX earn a median of $39,549 a year, 11% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.7% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 20.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $39,549#70 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 70.1%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 203,268Civilian employed, age 16+
What Arlington does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance20.2%
- Retail trade11.7%
- Manufacturing10.3%
- Professional, scientific & management10.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.4%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities9%
- Construction8.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate7.3%
- Other services, except public administration5.6%
- Wholesale trade3.4%
- Public administration2.7%
- Information1.5%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.4%
Related data for Arlington
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.