State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In Rhode Island, $60,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 61.9% — not 70.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.8%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+61.9%
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
Rhode Island
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $60,310
- p25
- $41,890
- p75
- $68,530
- p10
- $38,840
- p90
- $122,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.