Boston vs. New York
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 9.8% higher — but after local prices, Boston still leads by 13.3%.
Boston's median $213,910 buys $197,600 at national prices (price parity 108.3); New York's $192,840 buys $171,300 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Boston.
| Boston | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 11,940 | 54,730 | +358.4% |
| 10th percentile | $131,130 | $116,040 | −11.5% |
| 25th percentile | $169,070 | $156,020 | −7.7% |
| Median | $213,910 | $192,840 | −9.8% |
| 75th percentile | $269,300 | $246,000 | −8.7% |
| 90th percentile | $312,910 | $324,990 | +3.9% |
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
- Marketing Managers in Boston · Marketing Managers in New York
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