New York vs. Seattle
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
Seattle's median is 29.7% higher — but after local prices, Seattle still leads by 31.3%.
New York's median $63,130 buys $56,100 at national prices (price parity 112.6); Seattle's $81,850 buys $73,700 (111.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Seattle against New York.
| New York | Seattle | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 28,600 | 13,160 | −54.0% |
| 10th percentile | $45,140 | $59,270 | +31.3% |
| 25th percentile | $52,220 | $64,150 | +22.8% |
| Median | $63,130 | $81,850 | +29.7% |
| 75th percentile | $77,370 | $81,850 | +5.8% |
| 90th percentile | $93,470 | $81,850 | −12.4% |
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
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