Chicago vs. New York
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
New York's median is 20.5% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 10.9%.
Chicago's median $48,900 buys $47,200 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $58,930 buys $52,400 (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 | 26,770 | 52,270 | +95.3% |
| 10th percentile | $36,830 | $41,350 | +12.3% |
| 25th percentile | $42,390 | $47,260 | +11.5% |
| Median | $48,900 | $58,930 | +20.5% |
| 75th percentile | $62,700 | $73,930 | +17.9% |
| 90th percentile | $79,460 | $91,140 | +14.7% |
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 New York
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