Los Angeles vs. New York
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 51-1011
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 9.4% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 10.4%.
Los Angeles's median $74,740 buys $65,800 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $81,790 buys $72,700 (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 | 17,650 | 19,220 | +8.9% |
| 10th percentile | $46,820 | $49,920 | +6.6% |
| 25th percentile | $58,130 | $64,130 | +10.3% |
| Median | $74,740 | $81,790 | +9.4% |
| 75th percentile | $96,780 | $101,350 | +4.7% |
| 90th percentile | $121,830 | $125,470 | +3.0% |
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 Production and Operating Workers in Los Angeles · First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in New York
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