Houston vs. New York
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 49-3023
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
New York's median is 13.4% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Houston's median $50,940 buys $51,600 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $57,760 buys $51,300 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Houston.
| Houston | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 14,910 | 28,420 | +90.6% |
| 10th percentile | $29,380 | $34,740 | +18.2% |
| 25th percentile | $36,960 | $46,040 | +24.6% |
| Median | $50,940 | $57,760 | +13.4% |
| 75th percentile | $63,340 | $77,770 | +22.8% |
| 90th percentile | $83,180 | $94,320 | +13.4% |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
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