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Atlanta vs. New York

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 49-1011
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
50k100k ATLANTA $78,310 NEW YORK $97,560
Table 1 — Adjusted

New York's median is 24.6% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 10.7%.

Atlanta's median $78,310 buys $78,300 at national prices (price parity 100.1); New York's $97,560 buys $86,700 (112.6).

Table 2 — The figures

Point by point

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

AtlantaNew YorkΔ
Employment12,92024,570+90.2%
10th percentile$50,210$62,740+25.0%
25th percentile$63,250$77,210+22.1%
Median$78,310$97,560+24.6%
75th percentile$97,780$125,700+28.6%
90th percentile$125,690$142,060+13.0%
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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First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Atlanta · First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in New York

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