Chicago vs. Dallas
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-5071
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Chicago's median is 7.2% higher — but after local prices, Chicago still leads by 6.7%.
Chicago's median $47,740 buys $46,100 at national prices (price parity 103.6); Dallas's $44,310 buys $43,000 (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 | 26,030 | 29,670 | +14.0% |
| 10th percentile | $37,150 | $32,730 | −11.9% |
| 25th percentile | $40,710 | $37,100 | −8.9% |
| Median | $47,740 | $44,310 | −7.2% |
| 75th percentile | $57,790 | $49,190 | −14.9% |
| 90th percentile | $64,680 | $61,270 | −5.3% |
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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