Los Angeles vs. Washington
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
Washington's median is 0.2% higher — but after local prices, Washington still leads by 4.5%.
Los Angeles's median $53,550 buys $47,200 at national prices (price parity 113.6); Washington's $53,660 buys $49,300 (108.9).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Washington against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | Washington | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 58,800 | 37,010 | −37.1% |
| 10th percentile | $36,420 | $37,890 | +4.0% |
| 25th percentile | $44,720 | $44,750 | +0.1% |
| Median | $53,550 | $53,660 | +0.2% |
| 75th percentile | $64,290 | $64,090 | −0.3% |
| 90th percentile | $76,510 | $79,660 | +4.1% |
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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