Riverside vs. St. Louis
Cooks, Fast Food. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 35-2011
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Riverside's median is 27.4% higher — but after local prices, Riverside still leads by 18.7%.
Riverside's median $42,480 buys $39,900 at national prices (price parity 106.4); St. Louis's $30,860 buys $32,500 (95.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is St. Louis against Riverside.
| Riverside | St. Louis | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 16,910 | 17,700 | +4.7% |
| 10th percentile | $34,800 | $29,510 | −15.2% |
| 25th percentile | $37,480 | $30,250 | −19.3% |
| Median | $42,480 | $30,860 | −27.4% |
| 75th percentile | $43,000 | $33,800 | −21.4% |
| 90th percentile | $44,080 | $36,450 | −17.3% |
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
- Cooks, Fast Food in Riverside · Cooks, Fast Food in St. Louis
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