Chicago vs. New York
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 21-1012
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 19.9% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 10.3%.
Chicago's median $64,730 buys $62,500 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $77,580 buys $68,900 (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 | 9,790 | 19,890 | +103.2% |
| 10th percentile | $47,200 | $50,330 | +6.6% |
| 25th percentile | $52,200 | $62,070 | +18.9% |
| Median | $64,730 | $77,580 | +19.9% |
| 75th percentile | $84,760 | $99,890 | +17.9% |
| 90th percentile | $110,580 | $129,750 | +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
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