Los Angeles 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 12.2% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 13.2%.
Los Angeles's median $171,900 buys $151,400 at national prices (price parity 113.6); 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 Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 18,550 | 54,730 | +195.0% |
| 10th percentile | $100,360 | $116,040 | +15.6% |
| 25th percentile | $130,560 | $156,020 | +19.5% |
| Median | $171,900 | $192,840 | +12.2% |
| 75th percentile | $221,920 | $246,000 | +10.9% |
| 90th percentile | $318,960 | $324,990 | +1.9% |
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
- Marketing Managers in Los Angeles · Marketing Managers in New York
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