Chicago vs. New York
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-2061
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 2.8% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 10.5%.
Chicago's median $78,070 buys $75,400 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $75,910 buys $67,400 (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 | 11,420 | 32,410 | +183.8% |
| 10th percentile | $62,200 | $62,570 | +0.6% |
| 25th percentile | $72,860 | $66,970 | −8.1% |
| Median | $78,070 | $75,910 | −2.8% |
| 75th percentile | $81,080 | $79,940 | −1.4% |
| 90th percentile | $96,530 | $87,420 | −9.4% |
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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