750+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Dallas, TX

Observed government pay data says Dallas-Fort Worth construction and extraction occupations paid a $50,040 median and $56,210 mean in 2025, while installation, maintenance, and repair paid a $58,610 median and $62,110 mean. More recent posting data is higher, with local disclosed salaries centered on about $80k to $110k and hourly roles around about $24 to $30 / hour, but that likely overrepresents supervisors, specialized technicians, and employers that disclose pay.

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Advertised pay

Across the 386 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $46,800 at the 25th percentile, $54,995 at the median and $69,014 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 16, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market, with better odds in construction, facilities, maintenance, and field service than in broad factory hiring. DFW mining, logging, and construction employment reached 276.2 thousand in August 2026, up 3.0213% year over year, while metro manufacturing employment was 312.7 thousand, down 0.4774% over the same period. The metro unemployment rate was 4.4% in August 2026, and local hiring is spread across a fragmented employer base rather than one dominant company. Local postings most often call for safety compliance, troubleshooting, blueprint reading, and preventive maintenance, and about 95% of the jobs are on-site.

Best positioned: Your odds are best if you can prove hands-on troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, blueprint reading, and safety discipline, or if you bring a directly usable credential such as EPA certification for HVAC-related work.

Main caution: The biggest trap is treating this as one market: construction is expanding, but manufacturing is softer, and the higher posted pay bands are not representative of every trade or technician opening.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 791 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. RPM Living: 13 open roles
2. WinStar World Casino Resort: 12 open roles
3. Cbre: 11 open roles
4. Asset Living: 9 open roles
5. Novolex: 7 open roles
6. Sabre Industries, Inc.: 7 open roles
7. C.H. Guenther LLC: 6 open roles
8. Golden State Foods: 6 open roles
9. Klein Tools, Inc.: 6 open roles
10. Kroger Co.: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 186
• Fort Worth: 98
• Grand Prairie: 43
• Irving: 36
• Plano: 31
• Arlington: 30
• Carrollton: 25
• Richardson: 24

Work arrangement

on-site 772 (99%), hybrid 6 (1%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across many employers rather than a single dominant hirer: over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 3,500 postings across more than 1,500 companies, and hiring in the sample was fragmented. The local mix leans construction at about 50% of postings and real estate at about 20%, with manufacturing only about 10%. That means many of the most practical openings are tied to contractors, property operations, facilities maintenance, and field service work rather than to one giant factory campus. Three clusters matter most right now. First, contractor and civil work is the clearest growth pocket because metro construction employment is up 3.0213% year over year and Fort Worth just awarded Walsh Construction a $169.4 million North Bypass Channel contract with initial work expected in early 2027. Second, property and facilities maintenance is a large practical lane because real-estate-heavy employers such as Cbre, CBRE, Inc., Asset Living, and Gaines Investment Trust show up repeatedly in the hiring mix. Third, factory and industrial roles still exist at scale, but they require selectivity: metro manufacturing employment is down 0.4774% year over year even as Texas-wide postings for this occupation family are up 10.2%, which points to more replacement hiring and project-specific staffing than broad factory expansion. Future upside is concentrated around Fort Worth-area industrial and infrastructure projects rather than the whole metro. HARTING's proposed campus is tied to 701 employees by 2034, Carrier's proposed plant would require 495 jobs if it lands in the Alliance area, DrinkPAK's facility is expected to bring close to 1,000 jobs, Colovore reported a planned $430 million data center starting construction in December 2026, and Bell Textron is already constructing a $632 million factory in Fort Worth.

• Civil and commercial construction (high): Best near-term momentum. Metro mining, logging, and construction employment was up 3.0213% year over year, and new project signals include Walsh Construction's $169.4 million channel contract plus other Fort Worth build-outs.
• Facilities and property maintenance (high): A steady-access lane because about 20% of postings sit in real estate, and recurring employers include Cbre, CBRE, Inc., Asset Living, and Gaines Investment Trust.
• Factory and industrial operations (moderate): Still important, but more selective. Metro manufacturing employment was down 0.4774% year over year, even as specific Fort Worth-area expansion plans could create plant, commissioning, and maintenance roles over time.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site construction, facilities maintenance, and field service employers first; treat pure manufacturing searches as a second lane targeted at specific Fort Worth-area expansions and plant-support roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Logistics coordinator or warehouse operations supervisor: The overlap is strongest for candidates who already use safety compliance, troubleshooting, and basic office tools in local trade postings.
• Procurement or buyer for construction and industrial suppliers: Blueprint reading, documentation, and vendor-facing coordination can transfer from field and maintenance work into purchasing support.
• Safety coordinator or EHS specialist: Safety compliance is one of the most requested hard skills in local postings, so workers who already lead toolbox talks or document incidents have a credible bridge.
• Project coordinator or scheduler: Construction hiring guidance continues to emphasize digital project management and change management alongside field knowledge.

What postings ask for

• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 15% of local postings and is the baseline signal that you can work on active sites and in occupied facilities without becoming a risk. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level candidates who need a credibility signal fast.
• Troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): It shows up in about 15% of local postings and is one of the clearest bridges between maintenance, field service, and higher-value technician work. Who: Maintenance techs, service technicians, equipment operators moving up, and career switchers with diagnostic experience.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): It appears in about 15% of local postings and helps separate candidates who can follow detailed plans from those who only have general labor experience. Who: Construction, superintendent, foreman, installer, and industrial maintenance candidates.
• Preventive maintenance (premium | immediate): Preventive maintenance shows up in about 15% of local postings, with an additional preventative-maintenance spelling variant appearing in about 10%, which is a strong sign that uptime and repeatable service routines matter across employers. Who: Building maintenance, plant maintenance, and field service candidates.
• Plumbing (differentiator | near-term): Plumbing appears in about 15% of local postings, which reinforces how much demand sits in building systems, property operations, and hands-on service work. Who: Maintenance candidates, trade helpers, and construction workers looking for a clearer specialty.
• EPA certification (differentiator | immediate): It is the most commonly named certification in the local posting sample, appearing in about 5% of postings. Who: HVAC, refrigeration, facilities, and apartment-maintenance candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Observed government pay data says Dallas-Fort Worth construction and extraction occupations paid a $50,040 median and $56,210 mean in 2025, while installation, maintenance, and repair paid a $58,610 median and $62,110 mean. More recent posting data is higher, with local disclosed salaries centered on about $80k to $110k and hourly roles around about $24 to $30 / hour, but that likely overrepresents supervisors, specialized technicians, and employers that disclose pay. This is a decent-paying market, but not a uniformly high-paying one. Local construction and extraction mean pay was $27.03 per hour and installation, maintenance, and repair mean pay was $29.86 per hour, both below the metrowide all-occupation mean of $33.96.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across many employers rather than a single dominant hirer: over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 3,500 postings across more than 1,500 companies, and hiring in the sample was fragmented. The local mix leans construction at about 50% of postings and real estate at about 20%, with manufacturing only about 10%. That means many of the most practical openings are tied to contractors, property operations, facilities maintenance, and field service work rather than to one giant factory campus. Three clusters matter most right now. First, contractor and civil work is the clearest growth pocket because metro construction employment is up 3.0213% year over year and Fort Worth just awarded Walsh Construction a $169.4 million North Bypass Channel contract with initial work expected in early 2027. Second, property and facilities maintenance is a large practical lane because real-estate-heavy employers such as Cbre, CBRE, Inc., Asset Living, and Gaines Investment Trust show up repeatedly in the hiring mix. Third, factory and industrial roles still exist at scale, but they require selectivity: metro manufacturing employment is down 0.4774% year over year even as Texas-wide postings for this occupation family are up 10.2%, which points to more replacement hiring and project-specific staffing than broad factory expansion. Future upside is concentrated around Fort Worth-area industrial and infrastructure projects rather than the whole metro. HARTING's proposed campus is tied to 701 employees by 2034, Carrier's proposed plant would require 495 jobs if it lands in the Alliance area, DrinkPAK's facility is expected to bring close to 1,000 jobs, Colovore reported a planned $430 million data center starting construction in December 2026, and Bell Textron is already constructing a $632 million factory in Fort Worth.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Cbre (40 postings), CBRE, Inc. (30 postings), Asset Living (20 postings), Walmart Inc. (20 postings), MasTec, Inc. (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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