Registered Nurse salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 12 certified H-1B filings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Allen, Carrollton, Plano, Mckinney, Grand Prairie.

Also listed as: Nurse

Median salary$82,550
Middle 50%$74.1k–$82.6k
vs. national median+3%comparison median $80,288
Filings12FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,910 and $119,223.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,949
25th$74,075
50th (median)$82,550
75th$82,550
90th$97,362

Cost of living

Dallas's median Registered Nurse salary of $82,550 is worth about $80,100 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Registered Nurses in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $101,420 in May 2025 (76,680 employed). The H-1B median here is $82,550, 19% lower.

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
Srimatrix Healthtoo few5
Carrollton Regional Medical Centertoo few2
Methodist Health Systemtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 5
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.