Chicago vs. Miami
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. 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
Chicago's median is 36.7% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 42.5%.
Chicago's median $100,760 buys $97,300 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Miami's $63,790 buys $55,900 (114.2).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Miami against Chicago.
| Chicago | Miami | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 24,080 | 14,190 | −41.1% |
| 10th percentile | $50,980 | $49,930 | −2.1% |
| 25th percentile | $67,380 | $50,860 | −24.5% |
| Median | $100,760 | $63,790 | −36.7% |
| 75th percentile | $160,890 | $106,110 | −34.0% |
| 90th percentile | $211,260 | $171,750 | −18.7% |
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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