Houston vs. New York
Project Management Specialists. 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
New York's median is 27.3% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 11.5%.
Houston's median $99,510 buys $100,900 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $126,660 buys $112,500 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Houston.
| Houston | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 35,550 | 68,910 | +93.8% |
| 10th percentile | $58,560 | $77,350 | +32.1% |
| 25th percentile | $75,840 | $96,370 | +27.1% |
| Median | $99,510 | $126,660 | +27.3% |
| 75th percentile | $131,640 | $164,800 | +25.2% |
| 90th percentile | $168,070 | $206,180 | +22.7% |
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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