Chicago vs. Dallas
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 41-3031
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 13.9% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 13.5%.
Chicago's median $100,760 buys $97,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $86,740 buys $84,100 (103.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Dallas against Chicago.
| Chicago | Dallas | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 24,080 | 15,370 | −36.2% |
| 10th percentile | $50,980 | $49,780 | −2.4% |
| 25th percentile | $67,380 | $60,770 | −9.8% |
| Median | $100,760 | $86,740 | −13.9% |
| 75th percentile | $160,890 | $141,120 | −12.3% |
| 90th percentile | $211,260 | $217,220 | +2.8% |
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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