State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New York vs South Dakota
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In South Dakota, $65,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 58%.
Nominal pay gap
+58%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+29.8%
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 Dakota
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $65,170
- p25
- $47,960
- p75
- $77,070
- p10
- $45,970
- p90
- $110,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.