Atlanta vs. Los Angeles
Production Workers, All Other. 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
Atlanta's median is 3.5% higher — but after local prices, Atlanta still leads by 15.0%.
Atlanta's median $40,970 buys $40,900 at national prices (price parity 100.1); Los Angeles's $39,520 buys $34,800 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Atlanta.
| Atlanta | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 10,720 | 11,190 | +4.4% |
| 10th percentile | $30,220 | $36,550 | +20.9% |
| 25th percentile | $35,670 | $37,090 | +4.0% |
| Median | $40,970 | $39,520 | −3.5% |
| 75th percentile | $50,000 | $49,910 | −0.2% |
| 90th percentile | $60,090 | $78,550 | +30.7% |
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 Workers, All Other in Atlanta · Production Workers, All Other in Los Angeles
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.