State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Illinois vs New York
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In Illinois, $59,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38% — not 42.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.5%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-38%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $59,220
- p25
- $38,060
- p75
- $61,790
- p10
- $35,830
- p90
- $79,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.