Chicago vs. Houston
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-1011
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 8.0% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 3.4%.
Chicago's median $71,730 buys $69,200 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Houston's $65,990 buys $66,900 (98.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Houston against Chicago.
| Chicago | Houston | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 33,180 | 36,940 | +11.3% |
| 10th percentile | $47,650 | $45,100 | −5.4% |
| 25th percentile | $58,170 | $53,670 | −7.7% |
| Median | $71,730 | $65,990 | −8.0% |
| 75th percentile | $86,760 | $85,720 | −1.2% |
| 90th percentile | $106,060 | $105,670 | −0.4% |
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 Office and Administrative Support Workers in Chicago · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Houston
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