Houston vs. New York
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
New York's median is 40.8% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 23.3%.
Houston's median $65,080 buys $66,000 at national prices (price parity 98.6); New York's $91,610 buys $81,400 (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 | 12,680 | 22,270 | +75.6% |
| 10th percentile | $51,230 | $63,420 | +23.8% |
| 25th percentile | $62,090 | $74,690 | +20.3% |
| Median | $65,080 | $91,610 | +40.8% |
| 75th percentile | $71,990 | $116,520 | +61.9% |
| 90th percentile | $75,120 | $133,270 | +77.4% |
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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