Chicago vs. New York
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
New York's median is 12.6% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 3.6%.
Chicago's median $71,730 buys $69,200 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $80,760 buys $71,700 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Chicago.
| Chicago | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 33,180 | 95,180 | +186.9% |
| 10th percentile | $47,650 | $56,130 | +17.8% |
| 25th percentile | $58,170 | $64,820 | +11.4% |
| Median | $71,730 | $80,760 | +12.6% |
| 75th percentile | $86,760 | $100,930 | +16.3% |
| 90th percentile | $106,060 | $126,730 | +19.5% |
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
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Chicago · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in New York
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