Houston 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
Table 1 — Adjusted
New York's median is 22.4% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 7.2%.
Houston's median $65,990 buys $66,900 at national prices (price parity 98.6); 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 Houston.
| Houston | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 36,940 | 95,180 | +157.7% |
| 10th percentile | $45,100 | $56,130 | +24.5% |
| 25th percentile | $53,670 | $64,820 | +20.8% |
| Median | $65,990 | $80,760 | +22.4% |
| 75th percentile | $85,720 | $100,930 | +17.7% |
| 90th percentile | $105,670 | $126,730 | +19.9% |
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 Office and Administrative Support Workers in Houston · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in New York
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