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Dallas vs. New York

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 43-1011
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
50k75k100k125k DALLAS $73,070 NEW YORK $80,760
Table 1 — Adjusted

New York's median is 10.5% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.

Dallas's median $73,070 buys $70,900 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $80,760 buys $71,700 (112.6).

Table 2 — The figures

Point by point

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

DallasNew YorkΔ
Employment45,71095,180+108.2%
10th percentile$46,590$56,130+20.5%
25th percentile$57,320$64,820+13.1%
Median$73,070$80,760+10.5%
75th percentile$90,140$100,930+12.0%
90th percentile$113,020$126,730+12.1%
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 Office and Administrative Support Workers in Dallas · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in New York

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