State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New York vs North Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In North Carolina, $51,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 75.7% — not 101%.
Nominal pay gap
+101%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+75.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $51,240
- p25
- $39,740
- p75
- $99,890
- p10
- $27,940
- p90
- $126,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.