Chicago vs. Dallas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3032
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 4.4% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 4.0%.
Chicago's median $62,300 buys $60,100 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $59,530 buys $57,700 (103.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Dallas against Chicago.
| Chicago | Dallas | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 62,210 | 55,670 | −10.5% |
| 10th percentile | $41,300 | $42,810 | +3.7% |
| 25th percentile | $50,580 | $49,090 | −2.9% |
| Median | $62,300 | $59,530 | −4.4% |
| 75th percentile | $77,660 | $73,020 | −6.0% |
| 90th percentile | $88,230 | $91,990 | +4.3% |
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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