Houston vs. New York
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 47-2073
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 86.2% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 63.2%.
Houston's median $51,040 buys $51,700 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $95,050 buys $84,400 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Houston.
| Houston | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 14,000 | 11,430 | −18.4% |
| 10th percentile | $39,170 | $56,680 | +44.7% |
| 25th percentile | $46,810 | $71,170 | +52.0% |
| Median | $51,040 | $95,050 | +86.2% |
| 75th percentile | $61,900 | $129,600 | +109.4% |
| 90th percentile | $71,960 | $154,040 | +114.1% |
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.
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