Middle School Teacher salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 31 certified H-1B filings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Grand Prairie.

Also listed as: Middle School Math Teacher

Median salary$70,000
Middle 50%$65k–$70.3k
vs. national median+21%comparison median $58,000
Filings31FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $52,774 and $78,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$62,000
25th$65,000
50th (median)$70,000
75th$70,270
90th$73,390

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $60k $80k FY2020: median $54,000 (10 filings) FY2021: median $57,000 (11 filings) FY2022: median $58,780 (11 filings) FY2023: median $61,000 (22 filings) FY2024: median $62,000 (23 filings) FY2025: median $70,270 (18 filings) FY2026: median $65,500 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 22 filings FY23 FY2024: 23 filings FY24 FY2025: 18 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 23
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$54,000$54,000$54,00010
FY2021$57,000$56,500$57,00011
FY2022$58,780$57,375$60,00011
FY2023$61,000$60,000$61,00022
FY2024$62,000$57,587$66,56523
FY2025$70,270$64,375$70,27018
FY2026$65,500$65,000$67,95013

Cost of living

Dallas's median Middle School Teacher salary of $70,000 is worth about $67,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $65,660 in May 2025 (21,590 employed). The H-1B median here is $70,000, 7% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Dallas Independent School District$70,00030

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $70,000 30
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$57,210$70,00030

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.