Houston 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 24.7% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 9.2%.
Houston's median $78,250 buys $79,300 at national prices (price parity 98.6); 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 Houston.
| Houston | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 19,390 | 24,570 | +26.7% |
| 10th percentile | $48,030 | $62,740 | +30.6% |
| 25th percentile | $60,120 | $77,210 | +28.4% |
| Median | $78,250 | $97,560 | +24.7% |
| 75th percentile | $101,480 | $125,700 | +23.9% |
| 90th percentile | $130,880 | $142,060 | +8.5% |
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 Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Houston · First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in New York
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