Entry-level Risk Analyst salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 48 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irving, Plano, Richardson, Frisco, Westlake.

Also listed as: Financial Risk Specialist

Median salary$72,500
Middle 50%$64.9k–$80.5k
vs. all levels here−37%comparison median $115,000
Filings48FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $58,947 and $105,300.
PercentileSalary
10th$59,700
25th$64,875
50th (median)$72,500
75th$80,500
90th$83,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2021: median $80,000 (10 filings) FY2022: median $90,000 (68 filings) FY2023: median $62,600 (61 filings) FY2024: median $72,000 (35 filings) FY2025: median $73,900 (38 filings) FY2026: median $67,800 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 68 filings FY22 FY2023: 61 filings FY23 FY2024: 35 filings FY24 FY2025: 38 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 68
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–––4
FY2021$80,000$68,500$85,00010
FY2022$90,000$85,000$95,00068
FY2023$62,600$61,422$70,00061
FY2024$72,000$61,200$80,00035
FY2025$73,900$66,600$80,50038
FY2026$67,800$63,750$75,57510

Cost of living

Dallas's median entry-level Risk Analyst salary of $72,500 is worth about $70,300 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Risk Specialists in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $103,760 in May 2025 (2,320 employed). The H-1B median here is $72,500, 30% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Goldman Sachs$74,25040
EYtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $72,500 48
Mid-level · Level II $95,000 99
Senior · Level III $125,500 48
Expert · Level IV $149,000 67

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$58,947$72,50048
Mid-level · Level II$81,182$95,00099
Senior · Level III$103,709$125,50048
Expert · Level IV$123,968$149,00067

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.