Los Angeles vs. Miami
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 41-4012
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 16.2% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 16.7%.
Los Angeles's median $74,490 buys $65,600 at national prices (price parity 113.6); Miami's $62,400 buys $54,700 (114.2).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Miami against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | Miami | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 54,950 | 30,740 | −44.1% |
| 10th percentile | $39,520 | $36,500 | −7.6% |
| 25th percentile | $51,820 | $46,870 | −9.6% |
| Median | $74,490 | $62,400 | −16.2% |
| 75th percentile | $101,020 | $84,360 | −16.5% |
| 90th percentile | $135,830 | $128,720 | −5.2% |
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 Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Los Angeles · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Miami
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.