Chicago vs. Miami
Office Clerks, General. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-9061
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 3.5% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 12.4%.
Chicago's median $46,330 buys $44,700 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Miami's $44,730 buys $39,200 (114.2).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Miami against Chicago.
| Chicago | Miami | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 66,840 | 61,160 | −8.5% |
| 10th percentile | $32,580 | $30,880 | −5.2% |
| 25th percentile | $37,710 | $35,210 | −6.6% |
| Median | $46,330 | $44,730 | −3.5% |
| 75th percentile | $57,790 | $54,250 | −6.1% |
| 90th percentile | $72,910 | $66,930 | −8.2% |
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.
- Full pages
- Office Clerks, General in Chicago · Office Clerks, General in Miami
Percentiles are reported exactly as released. Derived (price-adjusted) figures round to the nearest hundred. We take no payment for how any figure is presented.