Chicago vs. Dallas
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 37-3011
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 16.8% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 16.4%.
Chicago's median $45,280 buys $43,700 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $37,680 buys $36,600 (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 | 25,160 | 19,750 | −21.5% |
| 10th percentile | $34,200 | $30,330 | −11.3% |
| 25th percentile | $38,160 | $36,130 | −5.3% |
| Median | $45,280 | $37,680 | −16.8% |
| 75th percentile | $47,700 | $44,310 | −7.1% |
| 90th percentile | $61,250 | $47,640 | −22.2% |
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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