Chicago vs. New York
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 37-2011
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 11.4% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 2.5%.
Chicago's median $38,470 buys $37,100 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $42,840 buys $38,100 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Chicago.
| Chicago | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 70,000 | 183,030 | +161.5% |
| 10th percentile | $32,760 | $35,000 | +6.8% |
| 25th percentile | $36,360 | $36,740 | +1.0% |
| Median | $38,470 | $42,840 | +11.4% |
| 75th percentile | $45,730 | $51,220 | +12.0% |
| 90th percentile | $50,000 | $61,950 | +23.9% |
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.
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