Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Huntington, WV
Median pay for real estate sales agents in Huntington, WV: $57,120/yr
Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $26,690 – $111,610 · about 100 employed locally
Above the typical metro median ($50,020) by +$7,100 (+14%).
What it's really worth in Huntington
With Huntington's cost of living at 88 (US=100), that $57,120 has the buying power of about $64,830 in an average-cost US metro.
Local context: median household income $55,964 · median home $166,506 · median rent $1,094/mo.
How Huntington ranks for this job
On raw pay, Huntington, WV is 57th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Huntington's cost of living is applied, it ranks 29th.
Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Huntington 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 Huntington
A median home in Huntington, WV costs $166,506 — about 2.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.
Median rent of $1,094/mo works out at 23% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.
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 Huntington.
| Metro | Median pay | vs Huntington | Rent vs Huntington |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $103,960 | +82% | 3.2× |
| Buffalo, NY | $83,670 | +46% | 1.3× |
| Rochester, NY | $83,200 | +46% | 1.5× |
| Seattle, WA | $80,950 | +42% | 2× |
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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 167 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.