Chicago vs. Dallas
Financial and Investment Analysts. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 13-2051
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 1.4% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Chicago's median $101,750 buys $98,200 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $100,350 buys $97,300 (103.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Dallas against Chicago.
| Chicago | Dallas | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 17,150 | 11,530 | −32.8% |
| 10th percentile | $67,480 | $64,040 | −5.1% |
| 25th percentile | $79,330 | $77,930 | −1.8% |
| Median | $101,750 | $100,350 | −1.4% |
| 75th percentile | $129,950 | $127,970 | −1.5% |
| 90th percentile | $167,300 | $186,510 | +11.5% |
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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