Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Nashville, TN

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Nashville, TN: $38,080/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $30,280 – $72,510 · about 1,300 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$11,940 (-24%).

What it's really worth in Nashville

With Nashville's cost of living at 97 (US=100), that $38,080 has the buying power of about $39,248 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $79,020 · median home $455,958 · median rent $1,798/mo.

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How Nashville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Nashville, TN is 148th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Nashville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 161st.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Nashville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Nashville

A median home in Nashville, TN costs $455,958 — about 12× 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 $1,798/mo works out at 57% 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 Nashville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Nashville	Rent vs Nashville
New York, NY	$103,960	+173%	1.9×
Buffalo, NY	$83,670	+120%	0.8×
Rochester, NY	$83,200	+118%	0.9×
Seattle, WA	$80,950	+113%	1.2×

Same job elsewhere in TN

Metro	Median pay	vs Nashville	Rent vs Nashville
Kingsport, TN	$41,960	+10%	0.8×
Chattanooga, TN	$38,870	+2%	0.9×
Knoxville, TN	$38,520	+1%	1×
Memphis, TN	$38,460	+1%	0.8×

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

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