Dallas vs. Los Angeles
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. 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
Los Angeles's median is 15.7% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 5.0%.
Dallas's median $48,860 buys $47,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $56,520 buys $49,800 (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 | 39,740 | 47,890 | +20.5% |
| 10th percentile | $35,060 | $38,510 | +9.8% |
| 25th percentile | $40,030 | $45,950 | +14.8% |
| Median | $48,860 | $56,520 | +15.7% |
| 75th percentile | $60,940 | $66,610 | +9.3% |
| 90th percentile | $76,070 | $79,360 | +4.3% |
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
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Dallas · Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Los Angeles
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