Los Angeles vs. New York
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
New York's median is 15.0% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 16.0%.
Los Angeles's median $62,190 buys $54,800 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $71,510 buys $63,500 (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 | 22,930 | 35,860 | +56.4% |
| 10th percentile | $45,570 | $46,880 | +2.9% |
| 25th percentile | $50,940 | $56,260 | +10.4% |
| Median | $62,190 | $71,510 | +15.0% |
| 75th percentile | $79,130 | $88,260 | +11.5% |
| 90th percentile | $98,990 | $104,370 | +5.4% |
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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