Dallas vs. New York
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 37-3011
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 20.8% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 10.7%.
Dallas's median $37,680 buys $36,600 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $45,530 buys $40,400 (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 | 19,750 | 50,410 | +155.2% |
| 10th percentile | $30,330 | $35,450 | +16.9% |
| 25th percentile | $36,130 | $37,300 | +3.2% |
| Median | $37,680 | $45,530 | +20.8% |
| 75th percentile | $44,310 | $48,370 | +9.2% |
| 90th percentile | $47,640 | $59,570 | +25.0% |
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
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Dallas · Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in New York
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