Boston vs. Dallas
Compliance Officers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Boston's median is 25.2% higher — but after local prices, Boston still leads by 21.4%.
Boston's median $103,940 buys $96,000 at national prices (price parity 108.3); Dallas's $77,760 buys $75,400 (103.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Dallas against Boston.
| Boston | Dallas | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 10,920 | 12,530 | +14.7% |
| 10th percentile | $65,040 | $47,320 | −27.2% |
| 25th percentile | $80,640 | $57,320 | −28.9% |
| Median | $103,940 | $77,760 | −25.2% |
| 75th percentile | $131,430 | $105,570 | −19.7% |
| 90th percentile | $162,390 | $132,830 | −18.2% |
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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