Houston vs. New York
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3032
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 14.4% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Houston's median $56,840 buys $57,600 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $65,040 buys $57,800 (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 | 49,750 | 65,100 | +30.9% |
| 10th percentile | $38,320 | $50,440 | +31.6% |
| 25th percentile | $46,830 | $59,290 | +26.6% |
| Median | $56,840 | $65,040 | +14.4% |
| 75th percentile | $64,410 | $77,100 | +19.7% |
| 90th percentile | $79,490 | $92,710 | +16.6% |
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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