Dallas vs. Los Angeles
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
Dallas's median is 9.9% higher — but after local prices, Dallas still leads by 18.2%.
Dallas's median $86,740 buys $84,100 at national prices (price parity 103.1); Los Angeles's $78,160 buys $68,800 (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 | 15,370 | 21,050 | +37.0% |
| 10th percentile | $49,780 | $50,670 | +1.8% |
| 25th percentile | $60,770 | $60,340 | −0.7% |
| Median | $86,740 | $78,160 | −9.9% |
| 75th percentile | $141,120 | $127,340 | −9.8% |
| 90th percentile | $217,220 | $171,550 | −21.0% |
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
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Dallas · Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Los Angeles
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