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Dallas vs. New York

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 49-9071
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
40k60k80k DALLAS $48,860 NEW YORK $59,550
Table 1 — Adjusted

New York's median is 21.9% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 11.6%.

Dallas's median $48,860 buys $47,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $59,550 buys $52,900 (112.6).

Table 2 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Dallas.

DallasNew YorkΔ
Employment39,740108,700+173.5%
10th percentile$35,060$37,400+6.7%
25th percentile$40,030$46,400+15.9%
Median$48,860$59,550+21.9%
75th percentile$60,940$71,820+17.9%
90th percentile$76,070$88,050+15.7%
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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