Dallas vs. Los Angeles
Sales Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-2022
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Dallas's median is 8.3% higher — but after local prices, Dallas still leads by 16.7%.
Dallas's median $144,290 buys $140,000 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $132,330 buys $116,500 (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 | 26,780 | 37,790 | +41.1% |
| 10th percentile | $75,750 | $64,780 | −14.5% |
| 25th percentile | $101,840 | $92,540 | −9.1% |
| Median | $144,290 | $132,330 | −8.3% |
| 75th percentile | $205,680 | $197,620 | −3.9% |
| 90th percentile | $280,990 | $286,390 | +1.9% |
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
- Sales Managers in Dallas · Sales Managers in Los Angeles
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