Atlanta vs. Boston
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Boston's median is 23.0% higher — but after local prices, Boston still leads by 13.7%.
Atlanta's median $28,560 buys $28,500 at national prices (price parity 100.1); Boston's $35,140 buys $32,500 (108.3).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Boston against Atlanta.
| Atlanta | Boston | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 11,940 | 10,580 | −11.4% |
| 10th percentile | $20,000 | $31,200 | +56.0% |
| 25th percentile | $21,930 | $31,200 | +42.3% |
| Median | $28,560 | $35,140 | +23.0% |
| 75th percentile | $33,700 | $36,760 | +9.1% |
| 90th percentile | $35,020 | $42,290 | +20.8% |
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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