Dallas vs. New York
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 33-3051
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 13.6% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 4.0%.
Dallas's median $92,910 buys $90,100 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $105,540 buys $93,800 (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 | 16,430 | 54,270 | +230.3% |
| 10th percentile | $62,700 | $56,390 | −10.1% |
| 25th percentile | $76,250 | $57,180 | −25.0% |
| Median | $92,910 | $105,540 | +13.6% |
| 75th percentile | $97,620 | $107,690 | +10.3% |
| 90th percentile | $104,100 | $131,690 | +26.5% |
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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