Chicago vs. Los Angeles
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors. 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
Los Angeles's median is 20.9% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 10.3%.
Chicago's median $47,680 buys $46,000 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Los Angeles's $57,630 buys $50,700 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Chicago.
| Chicago | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 16,350 | 16,350 | +0.0% |
| 10th percentile | $31,470 | $37,980 | +20.7% |
| 25th percentile | $35,770 | $45,350 | +26.8% |
| Median | $47,680 | $57,630 | +20.9% |
| 75th percentile | $63,080 | $70,880 | +12.4% |
| 90th percentile | $94,920 | $104,880 | +10.5% |
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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