Salary by City

Average salaries for 20 popular jobs across ~50 U.S. cities each, from BLS wage data — with cost-of-living-adjusted real pay so you can compare metros fairly.

Real pay isn’t just the number on your offer letter — it’s what that number is worth where you live. Each guide below uses official BLS wage percentiles (10th to 90th) and BEA cost-of-living data to show, for one job, how pay ranges across U.S. metros and which cities offer the best real (cost-adjusted) buying power.

New here? Try the Cost-of-Living Calculator to compare two cities, or read how we source and compute these numbers.