Houston vs. New York
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-5071
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 11.9% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Houston's median $41,590 buys $42,200 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $46,550 buys $41,400 (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 | 22,670 | 38,970 | +71.9% |
| 10th percentile | $31,200 | $36,310 | +16.4% |
| 25th percentile | $36,360 | $41,550 | +14.3% |
| Median | $41,590 | $46,550 | +11.9% |
| 75th percentile | $47,660 | $56,900 | +19.4% |
| 90th percentile | $58,890 | $66,490 | +12.9% |
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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