Los Angeles vs. New York
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-3071
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
New York's median is 4.8% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 5.7%.
Los Angeles's median $127,500 buys $112,300 at national prices (price parity 113.6); New York's $133,640 buys $118,700 (112.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is New York against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | New York | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 12,260 | 10,410 | −15.1% |
| 10th percentile | $70,040 | $88,330 | +26.1% |
| 25th percentile | $83,840 | $107,710 | +28.5% |
| Median | $127,500 | $133,640 | +4.8% |
| 75th percentile | $169,000 | $172,850 | +2.3% |
| 90th percentile | $202,850 | $217,500 | +7.2% |
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
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Los Angeles · Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in New York
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