Chicago vs. New York
Light Truck Drivers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 1.1% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 8.9%.
Chicago's median $47,950 buys $46,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $47,440 buys $42,100 (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 | 34,680 | 58,140 | +67.6% |
| 10th percentile | $34,780 | $36,150 | +3.9% |
| 25th percentile | $42,460 | $44,480 | +4.8% |
| Median | $47,950 | $47,440 | −1.1% |
| 75th percentile | $61,600 | $57,770 | −6.2% |
| 90th percentile | $91,900 | $76,360 | −16.9% |
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.
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