Los Angeles vs. Minneapolis
Industrial Engineers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 17-2112
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 7.4% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Los Angeles's median $113,040 buys $99,500 at national prices (price parity 113.6); Minneapolis's $104,730 buys $99,900 (104.8).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Minneapolis against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | Minneapolis | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 11,460 | 13,970 | +21.9% |
| 10th percentile | $78,320 | $78,730 | +0.5% |
| 25th percentile | $96,910 | $90,570 | −6.5% |
| Median | $113,040 | $104,730 | −7.4% |
| 75th percentile | $134,930 | $130,010 | −3.6% |
| 90th percentile | $166,090 | $161,020 | −3.1% |
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
- Industrial Engineers in Los Angeles · Industrial Engineers in Minneapolis
Percentiles are reported exactly as released. Derived (price-adjusted) figures round to the nearest hundred. We take no payment for how any figure is presented.