Dallas vs. New York
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-7051
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Dallas's median is 0.6% higher — but after local prices, Dallas still leads by 9.0%.
Dallas's median $47,230 buys $45,800 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $46,930 buys $41,700 (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 | 34,650 | 24,720 | −28.7% |
| 10th percentile | $36,530 | $37,190 | +1.8% |
| 25th percentile | $39,280 | $42,730 | +8.8% |
| Median | $47,230 | $46,930 | −0.6% |
| 75th percentile | $52,360 | $60,160 | +14.9% |
| 90th percentile | $60,020 | $75,980 | +26.6% |
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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