Chicago vs. Dallas
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 49-9071
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 15.8% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 15.4%.
Chicago's median $58,020 buys $56,000 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $48,860 buys $47,400 (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 | 45,710 | 39,740 | −13.1% |
| 10th percentile | $36,870 | $35,060 | −4.9% |
| 25th percentile | $45,070 | $40,030 | −11.2% |
| Median | $58,020 | $48,860 | −15.8% |
| 75th percentile | $72,100 | $60,940 | −15.5% |
| 90th percentile | $82,320 | $76,070 | −7.6% |
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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