Dallas vs. Los Angeles
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 49-1011
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 19.2% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 8.2%.
Dallas's median $78,740 buys $76,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $93,870 buys $82,700 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Dallas.
| Dallas | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 19,530 | 17,470 | −10.5% |
| 10th percentile | $48,160 | $57,580 | +19.6% |
| 25th percentile | $60,980 | $74,610 | +22.4% |
| Median | $78,740 | $93,870 | +19.2% |
| 75th percentile | $99,250 | $121,260 | +22.2% |
| 90th percentile | $123,910 | $151,920 | +22.6% |
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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