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Atlanta vs. Dallas

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 47-1011
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
50k75k100k125k ATLANTA $80,500 DALLAS $76,230
Table 1 — Adjusted

Atlanta's median is 5.3% higher — but after local prices, Atlanta still leads by 8.1%.

Atlanta's median $80,500 buys $80,500 at national prices (price parity 100.1); Dallas's $76,230 buys $73,900 (103.1).

Table 2 — The figures

Point by point

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

AtlantaDallasΔ
Employment16,92021,530+27.2%
10th percentile$56,500$50,280−11.0%
25th percentile$63,750$60,440−5.2%
Median$80,500$76,230−5.3%
75th percentile$98,210$90,140−8.2%
90th percentile$125,010$104,480−16.4%
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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