Dallas vs. Los Angeles
Packers and Packagers, Hand. 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
Los Angeles's median is 13.0% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 2.6%.
Dallas's median $33,090 buys $32,100 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $37,390 buys $32,900 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Dallas.
| Dallas | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 19,580 | 25,350 | +29.5% |
| 10th percentile | $26,660 | $34,890 | +30.9% |
| 25th percentile | $29,110 | $35,870 | +23.2% |
| Median | $33,090 | $37,390 | +13.0% |
| 75th percentile | $37,820 | $41,540 | +9.8% |
| 90th percentile | $44,670 | $46,560 | +4.2% |
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
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