Los Angeles vs. New York
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
New York's median is 5.4% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 6.3%.
Los Angeles's median $56,520 buys $49,800 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $59,550 buys $52,900 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 47,890 | 108,700 | +127.0% |
| 10th percentile | $38,510 | $37,400 | −2.9% |
| 25th percentile | $45,950 | $46,400 | +1.0% |
| Median | $56,520 | $59,550 | +5.4% |
| 75th percentile | $66,610 | $71,820 | +7.8% |
| 90th percentile | $79,360 | $88,050 | +11.0% |
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 Los Angeles · Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in New York
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