Dallas vs. Los Angeles
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-6014
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 12.9% higher — but after local prices, Los Angeles still leads by 2.4%.
Dallas's median $47,450 buys $46,000 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $53,550 buys $47,200 (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 | 37,550 | 58,800 | +56.6% |
| 10th percentile | $32,990 | $36,420 | +10.4% |
| 25th percentile | $38,100 | $44,720 | +17.4% |
| Median | $47,450 | $53,550 | +12.9% |
| 75th percentile | $57,250 | $64,290 | +12.3% |
| 90th percentile | $64,200 | $76,510 | +19.2% |
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
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