Dallas vs. Los Angeles
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
Los Angeles's median is 25.6% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 14.0%.
Dallas's median $63,280 buys $61,400 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $79,450 buys $70,000 (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 | 43,560 | 50,470 | +15.9% |
| 10th percentile | $34,370 | $43,340 | +26.1% |
| 25th percentile | $46,780 | $52,250 | +11.7% |
| Median | $63,280 | $79,450 | +25.6% |
| 75th percentile | $90,470 | $104,230 | +15.2% |
| 90th percentile | $128,750 | $152,940 | +18.8% |
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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