Atlanta vs. New York
Business Operations Specialists, All Other. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1199
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 15.1% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 2.3%.
Atlanta's median $80,020 buys $80,000 at national prices (price parity 100.1); New York's $92,120 buys $81,800 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Atlanta.
| Atlanta | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 43,720 | 39,190 | −10.4% |
| 10th percentile | $46,780 | $50,210 | +7.3% |
| 25th percentile | $57,630 | $67,370 | +16.9% |
| Median | $80,020 | $92,120 | +15.1% |
| 75th percentile | $117,510 | $123,890 | +5.4% |
| 90th percentile | $167,370 | $157,200 | −6.1% |
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.
- Full pages
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Atlanta · Business Operations Specialists, All Other in New York
Percentiles are reported exactly as released. Derived (price-adjusted) figures round to the nearest hundred. We take no payment for how any figure is presented.