Houston vs. New York
Industrial Machinery Mechanics. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 49-9041
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 19.1% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 4.4%.
Houston's median $63,180 buys $64,100 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $75,260 buys $66,900 (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 | 18,360 | 10,780 | −41.3% |
| 10th percentile | $43,920 | $48,100 | +9.5% |
| 25th percentile | $49,960 | $59,970 | +20.0% |
| Median | $63,180 | $75,260 | +19.1% |
| 75th percentile | $78,240 | $92,480 | +18.2% |
| 90th percentile | $101,140 | $110,270 | +9.0% |
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
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