Houston vs. Los Angeles
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
Los Angeles's median is 26.3% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 9.7%.
Houston's median $30,650 buys $31,100 at national prices (price parity 98.6); Los Angeles's $38,720 buys $34,100 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Houston.
| Houston | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 48,880 | 83,160 | +70.1% |
| 10th percentile | $23,200 | $35,700 | +53.9% |
| 25th percentile | $26,680 | $36,520 | +36.9% |
| Median | $30,650 | $38,720 | +26.3% |
| 75th percentile | $36,770 | $47,070 | +28.0% |
| 90th percentile | $44,820 | $56,300 | +25.6% |
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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