Houston vs. Washington
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
Washington's median is 17.5% higher — but after local prices, Washington still leads by 6.4%.
Houston's median $65,830 buys $66,700 at national prices (price parity 98.6); Washington's $77,350 buys $71,000 (108.9).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Washington against Houston.
| Houston | Washington | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 19,340 | 14,890 | −23.0% |
| 10th percentile | $60,920 | $53,210 | −12.7% |
| 25th percentile | $61,780 | $61,980 | +0.3% |
| Median | $65,830 | $77,350 | +17.5% |
| 75th percentile | $72,960 | $99,370 | +36.2% |
| 90th percentile | $75,890 | $119,810 | +57.9% |
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
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Houston · Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Washington
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