Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Brownsville, TX: $36,720/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $27,090 – $76,160 · about 100 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$13,300 (-27%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $36,720 has the buying power of about $42,848 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $47,435 · median home $207,150 · median rent $1,460/mo.

Full Brownsville cost of living & taxes →

How Brownsville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Brownsville, TX is 159th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 137th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Brownsville is one of the places where real estate sales agents gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 5.6× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,460/mo works out at 48% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where real estate sales agents earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Brownsville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
New York, NY	$103,960	+183%	2.4×
Buffalo, NY	$83,670	+128%	1×
Rochester, NY	$83,200	+127%	1.1×
Seattle, WA	$80,950	+120%	1.5×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
Houston, TX	$50,670	+38%	1.1×
San Antonio, TX	$49,670	+35%	1×
Waco, TX	$49,090	+34%	1×
Tyler, TX	$48,480	+32%	1×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Other jobs in Brownsville