Houston vs. Los Angeles
Construction Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-9021
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Los Angeles's median is 27.2% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 10.5%.
Houston's median $103,530 buys $105,000 at national prices (price parity 98.6); Los Angeles's $131,680 buys $116,000 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Houston.
| Houston | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 16,500 | 10,120 | −38.7% |
| 10th percentile | $68,500 | $75,730 | +10.6% |
| 25th percentile | $81,780 | $100,830 | +23.3% |
| Median | $103,530 | $131,680 | +27.2% |
| 75th percentile | $133,840 | $164,310 | +22.8% |
| 90th percentile | $170,590 | $212,330 | +24.5% |
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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