Real Estate Agent Salary 2026: 1099 Commission, NAR, by State

TL;DR — Real Estate Agent Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 41-9022 n = $190,600 workers

P50 $56,320

$31,940P10 P25 $38,940 P75 $85,440 P90$125,140

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Real Estate Agents in the federal sample earn between $38,940 and $85,440 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	NY	New York	$90,354▼7%	$97,440	107.8	10K
02	NM	New Mexico	$87,700▲10%	$79,790	91	1K
03	VT	Vermont	$85,061▲3%	$82,630	97.1	0K
04	AK	Alaska	$83,061▼3%	$85,800	103.3	0K
05	MA	Massachusetts	$79,099▼7%	$85,170	107.7	—
06	WA	Washington	$71,034▼8%	$76,980	108.4	5K
07	ND	North Dakota	$70,123▲13%	$61,830	88.2	0K
08	WV	West Virginia	$64,206▲12%	$57,550	89.6	0K
· · · · · 36 states omitted · · · · ·
45	HI	Hawaii	$42,861▼9%	$47,020	109.7	1K
46	MO	Missouri	$42,709▲10%	$38,910	91.1	2K
47	IA	Iowa	$41,028▲13%	$36,420	88.8	1K
48	ID	Idaho	$40,212▲8%	$37,090	92.2	1K
49	DC	District of Columbia	$39,489▼10%	$43,720	110.7	0K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · REAL ESTATE AGENT · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 83K ME 61K VT 85K NH 53K WA 71K ID 40K MT 62K ND 70K MN 48K WI 53K MI 59K NY 90K MA 79K RI 54K OR 46K NV 51K WY 47K SD 62K IA 41K IL 52K IN 55K OH 48K PA 55K NJ 61K CT 44K CA 56K UT 58K CO 61K NE 54K MO 43K KY 44K WV 64K VA 61K MD 48K DE 49K DC 39K AZ 53K NM 88K KS 49K AR 44K

TN —

NC 51K SC 53K HI 43K TX 52K

OK —

LA 45K MS 58K AL 55K GA 58K FL 48K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $80K+

60–80% $70K

40–60% $60K

20–40% $50K

Bottom 20% $39K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Real Estate Agent Salary 2026 — 1099 Commission, NAR Settlement Impact, Brokerage Cap Math, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.