Companies internationally headquartered in Dallas, Irving or Mesquite include ExxonMobil, the largest company in the world (by revenue), 7-Eleven, Brinker International, id Software, Blockbuster, ENSCO Offshore Drilling, Kimberly-Clark, Energy Future Holdings Corporation, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Southwest Airlines, CompUSA, Texas Instruments, Fluor, Zales and Comerica Bank.

The city is sometimes referred to as Texas’s Silicon Valley or the Silicon Prairie because of a high concentration of telecommunications companies—the epicenter of which lies along the “Telecom Corridor”, home to more than 5,700 companies.

Quick Facts

Population: 1,208,318 

Mean Travel Time to Work (in minutes): 26.9 

Homeownership Rate: 43.2%

Median Salaries (5 Years Experience)

1. Advertising Sales Agents: $45,140+ commission
2. Sales Managers (non-retail): $76,350+ commission
3. Financial Services Sales Agents: $70,280+ commission
4. Sales Reps. Technical & Scientific Products: $72,670+ commission
5. Sales Engineers: $92,510+ commission

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