Los Angeles vs. New York
Customer Service Representatives. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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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 1.5% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 2.4%.
Los Angeles's median $48,840 buys $43,000 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $49,590 buys $44,100 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 66,590 | 125,570 | +88.6% |
| 10th percentile | $37,950 | $36,930 | −2.7% |
| 25th percentile | $43,090 | $43,060 | −0.1% |
| Median | $48,840 | $49,590 | +1.5% |
| 75th percentile | $60,300 | $61,940 | +2.7% |
| 90th percentile | $74,860 | $77,290 | +3.2% |
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.
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