Dallas vs. New York
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-2061
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 17.9% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 8.0%.
Dallas's median $64,370 buys $62,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $75,910 buys $67,400 (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 | 12,590 | 32,410 | +157.4% |
| 10th percentile | $53,930 | $62,570 | +16.0% |
| 25th percentile | $61,160 | $66,970 | +9.5% |
| Median | $64,370 | $75,910 | +17.9% |
| 75th percentile | $72,130 | $79,940 | +10.8% |
| 90th percentile | $77,620 | $87,420 | +12.6% |
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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