Dallas vs. Houston
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Houston's median is 0.1% higher — but after local prices, Houston still leads by 4.6%.
Dallas's median $61,250 buys $59,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Houston's $61,300 buys $62,200 (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 | 11,980 | 10,980 | −8.3% |
| 10th percentile | $39,350 | $39,920 | +1.4% |
| 25th percentile | $47,910 | $49,260 | +2.8% |
| Median | $61,250 | $61,300 | +0.1% |
| 75th percentile | $75,290 | $75,680 | +0.5% |
| 90th percentile | $82,230 | $85,680 | +4.2% |
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
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Dallas · Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Houston
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