Los Angeles vs. New York
Personal Financial Advisors. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 13-2052
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 36.6% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 37.8%.
Los Angeles's median $124,490 buys $109,600 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $170,050 buys $151,100 (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 | 13,980 | 23,980 | +71.5% |
| 10th percentile | $67,690 | $81,520 | +20.4% |
| 25th percentile | $77,860 | $112,000 | +43.8% |
| Median | $124,490 | $170,050 | +36.6% |
| 75th percentile | $179,000 | $302,290 | +68.9% |
| 90th percentile | $285,090 | $420,630 | +47.5% |
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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