Boston vs. Dallas
Marketing Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-2021
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Boston's median is 27.3% higher — but after local prices, Boston still leads by 23.7%.
Boston's median $213,910 buys $197,600 at national prices (price parity 108.3); Dallas's $155,460 buys $150,800 (103.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Dallas against Boston.
| Boston | Dallas | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 11,940 | 16,320 | +36.7% |
| 10th percentile | $131,130 | $85,050 | −35.1% |
| 25th percentile | $169,070 | $110,040 | −34.9% |
| Median | $213,910 | $155,460 | −27.3% |
| 75th percentile | $269,300 | $207,790 | −22.8% |
| 90th percentile | $312,910 | $268,640 | −14.1% |
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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