State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New York vs Tennessee
Real Estate Sales Agents in New York earn a median of $102,990. In Tennessee, $46,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 89.7% — not 122.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+122.7%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+89.7%
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
Tennessee
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $46,250
- p25
- $36,210
- p75
- $77,400
- p10
- $32,160
- p90
- $92,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.