Dallas vs. New York
General and Operations Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-1021
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 41.4% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 29.5%.
Dallas's median $111,010 buys $107,700 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $157,000 buys $139,500 (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 | 125,090 | 177,850 | +42.2% |
| 10th percentile | $46,710 | $71,030 | +52.1% |
| 25th percentile | $71,040 | $100,040 | +40.8% |
| Median | $111,010 | $157,000 | +41.4% |
| 75th percentile | $173,250 | $226,350 | +30.6% |
| 90th percentile | $279,830 | $364,770 | +30.4% |
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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