Dallas vs. New York
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-5061
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 12.0% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 2.6%.
Dallas's median $56,360 buys $54,700 at national prices (price parity 103.1); New York's $63,130 buys $56,100 (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 | 10,130 | 28,600 | +182.3% |
| 10th percentile | $36,960 | $45,140 | +22.1% |
| 25th percentile | $45,060 | $52,220 | +15.9% |
| Median | $56,360 | $63,130 | +12.0% |
| 75th percentile | $70,680 | $77,370 | +9.5% |
| 90th percentile | $83,010 | $93,470 | +12.6% |
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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