Los Angeles 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 4.2% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 5.1%.
Los Angeles's median $77,530 buys $68,300 at national prices (price parity 113.6); 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 Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 54,340 | 95,180 | +75.2% |
| 10th percentile | $51,110 | $56,130 | +9.8% |
| 25th percentile | $62,610 | $64,820 | +3.5% |
| Median | $77,530 | $80,760 | +4.2% |
| 75th percentile | $96,740 | $100,930 | +4.3% |
| 90th percentile | $119,080 | $126,730 | +6.4% |
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 Los Angeles · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in New York
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