Houston vs. New York
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 51-1011
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 8.6% higher — but after local prices, the advantage flips: a median salary goes further in Houston.
Houston's median $75,330 buys $76,400 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $81,790 buys $72,700 (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 | 15,270 | 19,220 | +25.9% |
| 10th percentile | $46,060 | $49,920 | +8.4% |
| 25th percentile | $57,490 | $64,130 | +11.5% |
| Median | $75,330 | $81,790 | +8.6% |
| 75th percentile | $97,660 | $101,350 | +3.8% |
| 90th percentile | $128,360 | $125,470 | −2.3% |
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 Production and Operating Workers in Houston · First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in New York
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