Dallas-Fort Worth, TX · Recruiters & staffing
Careerscape is a national staffing and recruiting agency. Our recruiters specialize by industry and recruit remotely for employers and job seekers across Dallas-Fort Worth. Here is what the 2026 data says about the market behind the Y'all Street headlines.
The Texas Stock Exchange, based in Dallas, won SEC approval in September 2025 and opened for trading in July 2026. In October 2026 the first companies moved their primary listings over, including Dallas-based Texas Capital, and Westlake-based Charles Schwab added a secondary listing. NYSE and Nasdaq have both opened Texas outposts since 2025.
The big employers are building, too. Wells Fargo opened an 850,000-square-foot campus in Las Colinas in October 2025 for 4,500 employees. Goldman Sachs is building an 800,000-square-foot campus north of downtown, planned for 2028 with room for more than 5,000 workers. AT&T is moving its headquarters from downtown Dallas to Legacy in Plano, with partial occupancy targeted as early as late 2028.
Yet BLS counted slightly fewer financial activities jobs in the metro in September 2026 than a year earlier. Most of the growth was in professional and business services, which includes accounting, legal, consulting and tech work, and in construction. The new campuses and listings mostly add jobs over several years. For a hiring manager, that means competing for experienced finance, accounting and compliance people against firms with new buildings. For a job seeker, it means the openings are spread across Plano, Uptown, Las Colinas and Fort Worth, not one downtown.
Careerscape has no Dallas office. Our recruiters specialize by industry and recruit for DFW roles remotely, from direct hire and executive search to contract and temporary staffing. Employers can request talent online.
By the numbers
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recent months are preliminary and not seasonally adjusted.
What's hiring
September 2026 payrolls by sector for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro, per preliminary BLS data.
About 810,200 jobs, up 3.7%, the fastest growth of any large sector. Accounting, legal, consulting, computer systems design and corporate back-office work all count here, so much of the relocation hiring shows up in this line.
Mining, logging and construction reached about 274,600 jobs, up 2.8%. Campus projects like Goldman Sachs in Dallas and AT&T in Plano keep demand up for project managers, superintendents and electricians.
The largest sector at about 894,400 jobs, up 1.1%. It covers warehouses, distribution, freight and retail, including warehouse and air-cargo work around AllianceTexas in Fort Worth and DFW Airport.
About 391,200 jobs in banking, insurance, investments and real estate, down 0.3% from a year earlier. The new campuses have not yet shown up as net growth in this line.
About 526,800 jobs, flat over the year.
About 82,700 jobs, down 4.3% over the year.
Where the work is
DFW is large enough that the commute often decides whether a candidate will even take the call. Put the work location and hybrid schedule in the first line of the job post.
AT&T's new headquarters is going up at 5400 Legacy Drive, the former EDS campus, with a goal of 10,000 employees there within about a decade. Frisco, McKinney, Allen and Richardson are all within commuting range.
North of Plano on the Dallas North Tollway, close enough to Legacy that Frisco candidates are a natural fit for Plano roles.
The Texas Stock Exchange leased space at the Bank of America Tower in Uptown. Goldman Sachs is building next to the Perot Museum near the American Airlines Center. Downtown loses AT&T's headquarters to Plano by about 2028.
Between Dallas and DFW Airport. Wells Fargo's 4,500-person campus opened here in October 2025.
Charles Schwab is headquartered in Westlake. To the west, AllianceTexas in north Fort Worth is a 27,000-acre development built around an industrial airport, with warehouse, logistics and aviation jobs.
Fort Worth has its own downtown and labor pool. Arlington sits between the two cities on I-30. A role in Fort Worth and one in Plano are effectively different searches.
Pay benchmarks
Median annual wages in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro, from the latest federal wage survey.
| Role | Median annual pay | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Financial managers | $169,200 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Lawyers | $168,510 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Software developers | $133,290 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Financial and investment analysts | $100,350 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Project management specialists | $98,900 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Accountants and auditors | $82,620 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Compliance officers | $77,760 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Logisticians | $76,510 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Human resources specialists | $70,700 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
| Electricians | $59,010 | BLS OEWS, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, May 2025 |
The median for all occupations in the metro is $51,440. These are metro-wide medians; pay at a new headquarters or campus can sit above them. For 450+ roles, see the 2026 Salary Guide.
Relocation hiring playbook
Many DFW searches start with a decision made somewhere else: a new campus, a headquarters move, a back-office build-out. Practical points as of October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Relocating staff keep institutional knowledge. Local hires are often faster and cheaper. Most moves need both, so map which roles you will backfill in DFW before you announce.
Use the metro medians above and the Salary Guide. Candidates know Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Schwab are hiring in the same metro, so a lowball offer for a finance or accounting role tends to get turned down.
Texas voters added a ban on a state personal income tax to the constitution in 2019. It is a real selling point for people moving from New York, California or Illinois.
Texas has no pay-transparency law. Candidates from New York, California or Colorado are used to seeing ranges, and if a role is open to remote workers in those states, their rules can apply to that posting.
State law HB 2127, in effect since September 1, 2023, bars Texas cities from enforcing labor rules beyond state law. It was aimed at ordinances like Dallas's construction water-break rule. In July 2025 an appeals court reversed a lower-court ruling against the law and dismissed the cities' challenge, so it remains in effect.
Employment is at will. Non-exempt staff must be paid at least twice a month and exempt staff at least monthly. Final pay is due within six calendar days of a discharge, or by the next regular payday after a resignation.
Contract or contract-to-hire accountants, analysts and project managers can cover the gap between an office closing and the new team being fully hired.
For job seekers
Careerscape is free for candidates, and your search stays confidential if you are currently employed.
Finance and corporate jobs are spread across Plano, Uptown, Las Colinas and Westlake. Decide which commute you will accept before you apply, and say so to recruiters.
Accounting, consulting, legal and tech services added the most jobs in DFW over the past year. Skills from a bank or insurer often carry over to these firms.
Compare an offer with the DFW medians above and with the 2026 Salary Guide before you negotiate.
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