Chicago vs. New York
Billing and Posting Clerks. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-3021
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 12.4% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 3.5%.
Chicago's median $49,960 buys $48,200 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $56,160 buys $49,900 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Chicago.
| Chicago | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 13,610 | 32,930 | +142.0% |
| 10th percentile | $39,840 | $42,840 | +7.5% |
| 25th percentile | $45,760 | $48,460 | +5.9% |
| Median | $49,960 | $56,160 | +12.4% |
| 75th percentile | $61,450 | $63,500 | +3.3% |
| 90th percentile | $70,620 | $76,840 | +8.8% |
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
- Billing and Posting Clerks in Chicago · Billing and Posting Clerks in New York
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