State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Alabama vs New York
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In Alabama, $60,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.9%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $60,890
- p25
- $38,890
- p75
- $89,400
- p10
- $24,750
- p90
- $236,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New York
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $102,990
- p25
- $58,030
- p75
- $156,810
- p10
- $48,350
- p90
- $178,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.