Dallas vs. Houston
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2052
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Houston's median is 0.4% higher — but after local prices, Houston still leads by 4.9%.
Dallas's median $64,830 buys $62,900 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Houston's $65,080 buys $66,000 (98.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Houston against Dallas.
| Dallas | Houston | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 15,810 | 12,680 | −19.8% |
| 10th percentile | $61,040 | $51,230 | −16.1% |
| 25th percentile | $62,570 | $62,090 | −0.8% |
| Median | $64,830 | $65,080 | +0.4% |
| 75th percentile | $71,920 | $71,990 | +0.1% |
| 90th percentile | $74,240 | $75,120 | +1.2% |
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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