Dallas vs. New York
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
New York's median is 47.0% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 34.6%.
Dallas's median $65,660 buys $63,700 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $96,500 buys $85,700 (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 | 21,590 | 39,310 | +82.1% |
| 10th percentile | $60,890 | $62,990 | +3.4% |
| 25th percentile | $63,320 | $76,320 | +20.5% |
| Median | $65,660 | $96,500 | +47.0% |
| 75th percentile | $73,370 | $120,980 | +64.9% |
| 90th percentile | $76,600 | $137,370 | +79.3% |
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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