Los Angeles vs. New York
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-9032
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 1.0% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Los Angeles's median $161,590 buys $142,300 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $163,210 buys $145,000 (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 | 10,310 | 20,920 | +102.9% |
| 10th percentile | $104,260 | $99,730 | −4.3% |
| 25th percentile | $129,820 | $129,140 | −0.5% |
| Median | $161,590 | $163,210 | +1.0% |
| 75th percentile | $170,310 | $174,500 | +2.5% |
| 90th percentile | $202,660 | $206,640 | +2.0% |
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
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Los Angeles · Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in New York
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