Atlanta vs. Chicago
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-1047
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 4.7% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Atlanta's median $65,290 buys $65,300 at national prices (price parity 100.1); Chicago's $68,330 buys $66,000 (103.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Chicago against Atlanta.
| Atlanta | Chicago | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 16,900 | 19,280 | +14.1% |
| 10th percentile | $42,530 | $48,040 | +13.0% |
| 25th percentile | $48,900 | $56,910 | +16.4% |
| Median | $65,290 | $68,330 | +4.7% |
| 75th percentile | $78,930 | $80,570 | +2.1% |
| 90th percentile | $97,040 | $98,900 | +1.9% |
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
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