Chicago vs. Los Angeles
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 1.4% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 10.0%.
Chicago's median $45,280 buys $43,700 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Los Angeles's $44,650 buys $39,300 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Chicago.
| Chicago | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 25,160 | 27,860 | +10.7% |
| 10th percentile | $34,200 | $37,120 | +8.5% |
| 25th percentile | $38,160 | $38,240 | +0.2% |
| Median | $45,280 | $44,650 | −1.4% |
| 75th percentile | $47,700 | $49,030 | +2.8% |
| 90th percentile | $61,250 | $59,430 | −3.0% |
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
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Chicago · Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Los Angeles
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