State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Real Estate Sales Agents in District of Columbia earn a median of $123,770. In Kentucky, $58,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 73.3% — not 111.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+111.2%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+73.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $123,770
- p25
- $44,180
- p75
- $123,770
- p10
- $38,450
- p90
- $129,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Kentucky
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $58,610
- p25
- $39,570
- p75
- $76,040
- p10
- $34,320
- p90
- $105,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.