Los Angeles vs. Seattle
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-5061
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Seattle's median is 32.4% higher — but after local prices, Seattle still leads by 35.3%.
Los Angeles's median $61,810 buys $54,400 at national prices (price parity 113.6); Seattle's $81,850 buys $73,700 (111.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Seattle against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | Seattle | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 23,320 | 13,160 | −43.6% |
| 10th percentile | $42,500 | $59,270 | +39.5% |
| 25th percentile | $48,860 | $64,150 | +31.3% |
| Median | $61,810 | $81,850 | +32.4% |
| 75th percentile | $76,480 | $81,850 | +7.0% |
| 90th percentile | $92,210 | $81,850 | −11.2% |
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
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Los Angeles · Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Seattle
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