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Dallas vs. New York

Compliance Officers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1041
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
50k100k150k DALLAS $77,760 NEW YORK $101,050
Table 1 — Adjusted

New York's median is 30.0% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 19.0%.

Dallas's median $77,760 buys $75,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $101,050 buys $89,800 (112.6).

Table 2 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Dallas.

DallasNew YorkΔ
Employment12,53023,380+86.6%
10th percentile$47,320$58,990+24.7%
25th percentile$57,320$75,660+32.0%
Median$77,760$101,050+30.0%
75th percentile$105,570$128,790+22.0%
90th percentile$132,830$160,670+21.0%
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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