Dallas vs. Los Angeles
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. 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 14.7% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 4.1%.
Dallas's median $64,940 buys $63,000 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $74,490 buys $65,600 (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 | 29,100 | 54,950 | +88.8% |
| 10th percentile | $37,200 | $39,520 | +6.2% |
| 25th percentile | $49,000 | $51,820 | +5.8% |
| Median | $64,940 | $74,490 | +14.7% |
| 75th percentile | $99,490 | $101,020 | +1.5% |
| 90th percentile | $138,470 | $135,830 | −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.
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