Los Angeles vs. San Francisco
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-6011
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
San Francisco's median is 27.0% higher — but after local prices, San Francisco still leads by 24.7%.
Los Angeles's median $82,850 buys $73,000 at national prices (price parity 113.6); San Francisco's $105,190 buys $91,000 (115.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is San Francisco against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | San Francisco | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 20,850 | 11,250 | −46.0% |
| 10th percentile | $58,430 | $69,990 | +19.8% |
| 25th percentile | $68,000 | $86,130 | +26.7% |
| Median | $82,850 | $105,190 | +27.0% |
| 75th percentile | $100,850 | $127,280 | +26.2% |
| 90th percentile | $122,200 | $151,750 | +24.2% |
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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