Atlanta vs. Chicago
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Atlanta's median is 10.4% higher — but after local prices, Atlanta still leads by 13.5%.
Atlanta's median $78,950 buys $78,900 at national prices (price parity 100.1); Chicago's $70,710 buys $68,300 (103.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Chicago against Atlanta.
| Atlanta | Chicago | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 33,900 | 55,730 | +64.4% |
| 10th percentile | $37,610 | $39,570 | +5.2% |
| 25th percentile | $52,650 | $49,540 | −5.9% |
| Median | $78,950 | $70,710 | −10.4% |
| 75th percentile | $105,720 | $100,790 | −4.7% |
| 90th percentile | $159,200 | $154,540 | −2.9% |
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
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