Los Angeles vs. Miami
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 4.9% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 5.4%.
Los Angeles's median $77,230 buys $68,000 at national prices (price parity 113.6); Miami's $73,450 buys $64,300 (114.2).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Miami against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | Miami | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 19,780 | 10,490 | −47.0% |
| 10th percentile | $37,870 | $47,560 | +25.6% |
| 25th percentile | $49,340 | $57,920 | +17.4% |
| Median | $77,230 | $73,450 | −4.9% |
| 75th percentile | $99,030 | $97,860 | −1.2% |
| 90th percentile | $157,080 | $136,200 | −13.3% |
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
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers in Los Angeles · Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers in Miami
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