Background
Katherine leads salary and compensation research at CostOfCity, where she translates BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) data into city-specific salary guides. Her doctoral research at the University of Michigan focused on labor-market dynamics in mid-size metropolitan areas, and she has published several peer-reviewed papers on wage dispersion and purchasing-power adjustment. Katherine's work at CostOfCity accounts for cost-of-living adjustments, industry concentration, and local labor-market conditions that affect what professionals actually earn — not just the headline wage number — in different US metro areas.
Education
- Ph.D. Labor Economics2018University of Michigan
- M.A. Economics2014University of Wisconsin–Madison
- B.A. Mathematics & Economics2010Williams College
Areas of Expertise
Coverage at CostOfCity
Salary guides for 10+ occupations across 301+ cities; cost-adjusted income analysis
Editorial Independence
Katherine Park's work at CostOfCity follows our editorial policy: cost estimates are sourced from federal data, peer-reviewed by our team, and never influenced by advertisers, cities, or service providers. See our full methodology for how city-level numbers are calculated.