Dallas 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
Table 1 — Adjusted
New York's median is 23.9% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 13.5%.
Dallas's median $78,740 buys $76,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); 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 Dallas.
| Dallas | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 19,530 | 24,570 | +25.8% |
| 10th percentile | $48,160 | $62,740 | +30.3% |
| 25th percentile | $60,980 | $77,210 | +26.6% |
| Median | $78,740 | $97,560 | +23.9% |
| 75th percentile | $99,250 | $125,700 | +26.6% |
| 90th percentile | $123,910 | $142,060 | +14.6% |
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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