Houston vs. Los Angeles
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. 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
Los Angeles's median is 10.6% higher — but after local prices, the advantage flips: a median salary goes further in Houston.
Houston's median $41,590 buys $42,200 at national prices (price parity 98.6); Los Angeles's $45,980 buys $40,500 (113.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Los Angeles against Houston.
| Houston | Los Angeles | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 22,670 | 33,250 | +46.7% |
| 10th percentile | $31,200 | $36,900 | +18.3% |
| 25th percentile | $36,360 | $39,280 | +8.0% |
| Median | $41,590 | $45,980 | +10.6% |
| 75th percentile | $47,660 | $52,550 | +10.3% |
| 90th percentile | $58,890 | $63,190 | +7.3% |
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
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Houston · Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Los Angeles
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