Chicago vs. Dallas
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
Chicago's median is 10.5% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 10.1%.
Chicago's median $70,710 buys $68,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $63,280 buys $61,400 (103.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Dallas against Chicago.
| Chicago | Dallas | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 55,730 | 43,560 | −21.8% |
| 10th percentile | $39,570 | $34,370 | −13.1% |
| 25th percentile | $49,540 | $46,780 | −5.6% |
| Median | $70,710 | $63,280 | −10.5% |
| 75th percentile | $100,790 | $90,470 | −10.2% |
| 90th percentile | $154,540 | $128,750 | −16.7% |
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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