Dallas vs. Houston
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. 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
Dallas's median is 3.5% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Dallas's median $37,730 buys $36,600 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Houston's $36,410 buys $36,900 (98.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Houston against Dallas.
| Dallas | Houston | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 39,780 | 31,290 | −21.3% |
| 10th percentile | $28,880 | $23,870 | −17.3% |
| 25th percentile | $30,650 | $29,810 | −2.7% |
| Median | $37,730 | $36,410 | −3.5% |
| 75th percentile | $52,020 | $48,700 | −6.4% |
| 90th percentile | $62,730 | $62,140 | −0.9% |
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
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Dallas · First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Houston
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