Los Angeles vs. New York
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
New York's median is 25.5% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 26.7%.
Los Angeles's median $77,230 buys $68,000 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $96,950 buys $86,100 (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 | 19,780 | 14,250 | −28.0% |
| 10th percentile | $37,870 | $58,170 | +53.6% |
| 25th percentile | $49,340 | $74,710 | +51.4% |
| Median | $77,230 | $96,950 | +25.5% |
| 75th percentile | $99,030 | $141,170 | +42.6% |
| 90th percentile | $157,080 | $207,960 | +32.4% |
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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