Los Angeles vs. New York
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
New York's median is 62.6% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 64.0%.
Los Angeles's median $132,330 buys $116,500 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $215,150 buys $191,100 (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 | 37,790 | 44,870 | +18.7% |
| 10th percentile | $64,780 | $109,210 | +68.6% |
| 25th percentile | $92,540 | $160,200 | +73.1% |
| Median | $132,330 | $215,150 | +62.6% |
| 75th percentile | $197,620 | $310,750 | +57.2% |
| 90th percentile | $286,390 | $368,210 | +28.6% |
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 Los Angeles · Sales Managers in New York
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.