Dallas vs. Los Angeles
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
Los Angeles's median is 23.2% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 11.8%.
Dallas's median $64,370 buys $62,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $79,310 buys $69,800 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Dallas.
| Dallas | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 12,590 | 33,590 | +166.8% |
| 10th percentile | $53,930 | $64,200 | +19.0% |
| 25th percentile | $61,160 | $73,860 | +20.8% |
| Median | $64,370 | $79,310 | +23.2% |
| 75th percentile | $72,130 | $92,930 | +28.8% |
| 90th percentile | $77,620 | $96,630 | +24.5% |
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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