State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Kentucky vs New York
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In Kentucky, $58,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 43.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.1%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.