Houston vs. Los Angeles
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Los Angeles's median is 9.4% higher — but after local prices, the advantage flips: a median salary goes further in Houston.
Houston's median $46,970 buys $47,600 at national prices (price parity 98.6); Los Angeles's $51,390 buys $45,300 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Houston.
| Houston | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 22,730 | 36,580 | +60.9% |
| 10th percentile | $29,210 | $38,620 | +32.2% |
| 25th percentile | $35,450 | $44,600 | +25.8% |
| Median | $46,970 | $51,390 | +9.4% |
| 75th percentile | $61,360 | $61,890 | +0.9% |
| 90th percentile | $76,440 | $77,280 | +1.1% |
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 Houston · First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Los Angeles
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