Dallas vs. New York
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
New York's median is 29.0% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 18.2%.
Dallas's median $37,730 buys $36,600 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $48,690 buys $43,300 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Dallas.
| Dallas | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 39,780 | 61,060 | +53.5% |
| 10th percentile | $28,880 | $37,220 | +28.9% |
| 25th percentile | $30,650 | $40,510 | +32.2% |
| Median | $37,730 | $48,690 | +29.0% |
| 75th percentile | $52,020 | $60,770 | +16.8% |
| 90th percentile | $62,730 | $78,260 | +24.8% |
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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