Atlanta vs. Houston
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
Table 1 — Adjusted
Atlanta's median is 5.6% higher — but after local prices, Atlanta still leads by 4.2%.
Atlanta's median $80,500 buys $80,500 at national prices (price parity 100.1); Houston's $76,020 buys $77,100 (98.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Houston against Atlanta.
| Atlanta | Houston | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 16,920 | 24,570 | +45.2% |
| 10th percentile | $56,500 | $48,170 | −14.7% |
| 25th percentile | $63,750 | $59,220 | −7.1% |
| Median | $80,500 | $76,020 | −5.6% |
| 75th percentile | $98,210 | $93,260 | −5.0% |
| 90th percentile | $125,010 | $119,090 | −4.7% |
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
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