State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New York vs South Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In South Carolina, $56,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.1% — not 82%.
Nominal pay gap
+82%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+58.1%
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
South Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $56,580
- p25
- $39,990
- p75
- $97,470
- p10
- $36,530
- p90
- $189,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.