Dallas vs. Los Angeles
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-9141
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 22.7% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 11.4%.
Dallas's median $62,920 buys $61,000 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $77,230 buys $68,000 (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 | 15,890 | 19,780 | +24.5% |
| 10th percentile | $38,080 | $37,870 | −0.6% |
| 25th percentile | $49,020 | $49,340 | +0.7% |
| Median | $62,920 | $77,230 | +22.7% |
| 75th percentile | $84,810 | $99,030 | +16.8% |
| 90th percentile | $151,050 | $157,080 | +4.0% |
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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