Dallas vs. Houston
Pharmacy Technicians. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-2052
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 $46,260 buys $44,900 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Houston's $46,400 buys $47,000 (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 | 12,000 | 10,610 | −11.6% |
| 10th percentile | $36,390 | $35,430 | −2.6% |
| 25th percentile | $38,160 | $37,740 | −1.1% |
| Median | $46,260 | $46,400 | +0.3% |
| 75th percentile | $49,540 | $49,570 | +0.1% |
| 90th percentile | $60,630 | $61,120 | +0.8% |
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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