Houston 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 21.0% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 5.1%.
Houston's median $46,710 buys $47,400 at national prices (price parity 98.6); 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 Houston.
| Houston | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 32,050 | 47,890 | +49.4% |
| 10th percentile | $31,620 | $38,510 | +21.8% |
| 25th percentile | $38,580 | $45,950 | +19.1% |
| Median | $46,710 | $56,520 | +21.0% |
| 75th percentile | $60,460 | $66,610 | +10.2% |
| 90th percentile | $76,210 | $79,360 | +4.1% |
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 Houston · Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Los Angeles
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