Los Angeles vs. New York
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. 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
New York's median is 3.7% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 4.6%.
Los Angeles's median $46,970 buys $41,400 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $48,690 buys $43,300 (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 | 41,640 | 61,060 | +46.6% |
| 10th percentile | $39,340 | $37,220 | −5.4% |
| 25th percentile | $44,880 | $40,510 | −9.7% |
| Median | $46,970 | $48,690 | +3.7% |
| 75th percentile | $60,960 | $60,770 | −0.3% |
| 90th percentile | $75,180 | $78,260 | +4.1% |
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 Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Los Angeles · First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in New York
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