Chicago vs. New York
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2022
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 23.7% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 13.9%.
Chicago's median $78,000 buys $75,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); New York's $96,500 buys $85,700 (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 | 17,300 | 39,310 | +127.2% |
| 10th percentile | $50,530 | $62,990 | +24.7% |
| 25th percentile | $61,630 | $76,320 | +23.8% |
| Median | $78,000 | $96,500 | +23.7% |
| 75th percentile | $100,610 | $120,980 | +20.2% |
| 90th percentile | $120,620 | $137,370 | +13.9% |
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.
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