Los Angeles vs. New York
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 47-1011
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 6.5% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 7.5%.
Los Angeles's median $97,600 buys $85,900 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $103,990 buys $92,400 (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 | 19,690 | 28,220 | +43.3% |
| 10th percentile | $58,240 | $66,180 | +13.6% |
| 25th percentile | $75,390 | $81,180 | +7.7% |
| Median | $97,600 | $103,990 | +6.5% |
| 75th percentile | $127,740 | $131,670 | +3.1% |
| 90th percentile | $154,940 | $154,540 | −0.3% |
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
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Los Angeles · First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in New York
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