Chicago vs. Dallas
Light Truck Drivers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3033
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 8.1% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 7.7%.
Chicago's median $47,950 buys $46,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $44,050 buys $42,700 (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 | 34,680 | 25,890 | −25.3% |
| 10th percentile | $34,780 | $29,480 | −15.2% |
| 25th percentile | $42,460 | $36,690 | −13.6% |
| Median | $47,950 | $44,050 | −8.1% |
| 75th percentile | $61,600 | $50,920 | −17.3% |
| 90th percentile | $91,900 | $83,250 | −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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