Talent Maps / Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas-Fort Worth Engineering Talent Maps (2026)

Pay, employers, submarkets and hiring advice for engineers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, one discipline at a time.

Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the largest engineering markets in the country, driven by one of the world’s biggest data center markets, a $47.5 billion grid build-out, aerospace and defense in Fort Worth, new chip fabs in Richardson and Sherman and the second-fastest population growth of any US metro. Each map below covers what engineers in one discipline earn, who employs them, where in the Metroplex they work and what is competing for them. See our Dallas engineering recruiters.

1,432.8 MWData center capacity in DFW, third in North AmericaCBRE, Q2 2026
$47.5BOncor’s 2026 to 2030 base capital planOncor
123,557People added to the DFW metro in one year, second among US metrosCensus Bureau, 2025

Dallas-Fort Worth talent maps by discipline

Data center engineers

1,432.8 MWof data center capacity in DFW, with 39.6 MW available

Pay by role, the operators, designers and contractors hiring, where the campuses are and the 2026 state audit.

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Electrical engineers

$124,390median pay in Dallas-Fort Worth

Oncor and the grid build-out, Texas Instruments, defense electronics and telecom.

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Mechanical engineers

$105,420median pay in Dallas-Fort Worth

Lockheed Martin, Bell, GM Arlington, the Sherman chip fabs and MEP firms.

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Civil engineers

$96,920median pay in Dallas-Fort Worth

Design firms, TxDOT and public agencies, DFW Airport, I-30 Canyon and new water supply projects.

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Structural engineers

$182,700top of the posted range for a senior data center structural engineer

Real posted pay, how Texas licenses structural engineers, the Dallas structural firms and the projects driving demand.

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Controls engineers

1,450robotic welders at GM Arlington Assembly

Integrators, building automation, manufacturers and the new AI hardware plants at Alliance.

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Aerospace engineers

$134,570median pay in Dallas-Fort Worth

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 line, Bell, Airbus Helicopters, Qarbon and the new eVTOL players at Alliance.

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Industrial and manufacturing engineers

312,700manufacturing jobs in the DFW metro

The plants hiring, from GM and Peterbilt to MP Materials, LITEON and the Sherman chip fabs.

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Architects

15,485active registered architects in Texas

Pay, Texas licensing numbers, HKS, Corgan and the other DFW firms, and the market conditions shaping hiring.

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CAD designers and drafters

$83,200median pay for mechanical drafters in DFW

Pay by specialty, real posted pay ranges, the software in demand and local drafting programs.

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