Chicago vs. Houston
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 41-1011
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 3.9% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Chicago's median $48,900 buys $47,200 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Houston's $46,970 buys $47,600 (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 | 26,770 | 22,730 | −15.1% |
| 10th percentile | $36,830 | $29,210 | −20.7% |
| 25th percentile | $42,390 | $35,450 | −16.4% |
| Median | $48,900 | $46,970 | −3.9% |
| 75th percentile | $62,700 | $61,360 | −2.1% |
| 90th percentile | $79,460 | $76,440 | −3.8% |
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 Retail Sales Workers in Chicago · First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Houston
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