State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Real Estate Sales Agents in District of Columbia earn a median of $123,770. In New Mexico, $76,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 62.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.5%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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
New Mexico
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $76,170
- p25
- $56,880
- p75
- $111,390
- p10
- $38,340
- p90
- $151,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.