Chicago vs. Riverside
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-7051
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 0.2% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 2.9%.
Chicago's median $47,950 buys $46,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Riverside's $47,850 buys $45,000 (106.4).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Riverside against Chicago.
| Chicago | Riverside | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 22,320 | 24,180 | +8.3% |
| 10th percentile | $38,200 | $39,300 | +2.9% |
| 25th percentile | $43,100 | $44,480 | +3.2% |
| Median | $47,950 | $47,850 | −0.2% |
| 75th percentile | $57,660 | $57,950 | +0.5% |
| 90th percentile | $63,520 | $59,530 | −6.3% |
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
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Chicago · Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Riverside
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