Dallas vs. Detroit
Industrial Engineers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 17-2112
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Dallas's median is 1.4% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Dallas's median $105,640 buys $102,500 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Detroit's $104,110 buys $103,800 (100.3).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Detroit against Dallas.
| Dallas | Detroit | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 10,680 | 17,350 | +62.5% |
| 10th percentile | $77,640 | $78,860 | +1.6% |
| 25th percentile | $93,020 | $86,020 | −7.5% |
| Median | $105,640 | $104,110 | −1.4% |
| 75th percentile | $132,830 | $131,200 | −1.2% |
| 90th percentile | $166,050 | $150,430 | −9.4% |
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.
- Full pages
- Industrial Engineers in Dallas · Industrial Engineers in Detroit
Percentiles are reported exactly as released. Derived (price-adjusted) figures round to the nearest hundred. We take no payment for how any figure is presented.