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Miami vs. New York

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 11-9141
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
50k100k150k200k MIAMI $73,450 NEW YORK $96,950
Table 1 — Adjusted

New York's median is 32.0% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 33.9%.

Miami's median $73,450 buys $64,300 at national prices (price parity 114.2); New York's $96,950 buys $86,100 (112.6).

Table 2 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Miami.

MiamiNew YorkΔ
Employment10,49014,250+35.8%
10th percentile$47,560$58,170+22.3%
25th percentile$57,920$74,710+29.0%
Median$73,450$96,950+32.0%
75th percentile$97,860$141,170+44.3%
90th percentile$136,200$207,960+52.7%
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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