Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$36,510avg. a year
$17.55 an hour · 11,100 employed
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area earn an average of $36,510 a year. That is about the same as the Texas average of $35,970. The U.S. average is $43,030.
$35,190Median pay
$17.55Average hourly
+2%vs. Texas average
11,100Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for preschool teachers, except special education in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 23.
11,240 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$40,220
$19.34 an hour
2180 jobs
Midland, TX
$38,900
$18.70 an hour
34,280 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$38,190
$18.36 an hour
43,450 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$37,660
$18.11 an hour
5460 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$36,610
$17.60 an hour
611,000 jobs
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
$36,610
$17.60 an hour
7150 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$35,820
$17.22 an hour
8140 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$35,070
$16.86 an hour
9200 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$34,370
$16.53 an hour
10520 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$34,270
$16.48 an hour
11170 jobs
Odessa, TX
$33,910
$16.30 an hour
12270 jobs
Abilene, TX
$33,900
$16.30 an hour
13960 jobs
El Paso, TX
$33,750
$16.22 an hour
14320 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$33,370
$16.05 an hour
15300 jobs
Longview, TX
$32,430
$15.59 an hour
16290 jobs
Waco, TX
$32,380
$15.57 an hour
17310 jobs
Tyler, TX
$32,250
$15.50 an hour
18450 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$31,650
$15.22 an hour
19250 jobs
Laredo, TX
$31,400
$15.10 an hour
20560 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$31,400
$15.10 an hour
21340 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$31,030
$14.92 an hour
22610 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$30,760
$14.79 an hour
2370 jobs
Victoria, TX
$29,680
$14.27 an hour
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How Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do preschool teachers, except special education make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington?
The average is $36,510 a year, and the median is $35,190. About 11,100 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is about the same as the Texas average of $35,970.
Is this job common in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington?
It makes up 2.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.89 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 25-2011. Metro area: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 19100). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.