Chicago vs. New York
Marketing Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-2021
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 16.6% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 7.3%.
Chicago's median $165,340 buys $159,600 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $192,840 buys $171,300 (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 | 17,400 | 54,730 | +214.5% |
| 10th percentile | $98,400 | $116,040 | +17.9% |
| 25th percentile | $127,450 | $156,020 | +22.4% |
| Median | $165,340 | $192,840 | +16.6% |
| 75th percentile | $213,290 | $246,000 | +15.3% |
| 90th percentile | $277,220 | $324,990 | +17.2% |
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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