Dallas vs. Houston
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2022
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Houston's median is 0.3% higher — but after local prices, Houston still leads by 4.8%.
Dallas's median $65,660 buys $63,700 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Houston's $65,830 buys $66,700 (98.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Houston against Dallas.
| Dallas | Houston | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 21,590 | 19,340 | −10.4% |
| 10th percentile | $60,890 | $60,920 | +0.0% |
| 25th percentile | $63,320 | $61,780 | −2.4% |
| Median | $65,660 | $65,830 | +0.3% |
| 75th percentile | $73,370 | $72,960 | −0.6% |
| 90th percentile | $76,600 | $75,890 | −0.9% |
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
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