Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Tulsa, OK
Median pay for real estate sales agents in Tulsa, OK: $50,740/yr
Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $21,990 – $124,390 · about 1,390 employed locally
Above the typical metro median ($50,020) by +$720 (+1%).
What it's really worth in Tulsa
With Tulsa's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $50,740 has the buying power of about $56,444 in an average-cost US metro.
Local context: median household income $65,784 · median home $253,725 · median rent $1,352/mo.
How Tulsa ranks for this job
On raw pay, Tulsa, OK is 80th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Tulsa's cost of living is applied, it ranks 58th.
Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Tulsa 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 Tulsa
A median home in Tulsa, OK costs $253,725 — about 5× 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 $1,352/mo works out at 32% 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 Tulsa.
| Metro | Median pay | vs Tulsa | Rent vs Tulsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $103,960 | +105% | 2.6× |
| Buffalo, NY | $83,670 | +65% | 1.1× |
| Rochester, NY | $83,200 | +64% | 1.2× |
| Seattle, WA | $80,950 | +60% | 1.7× |
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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.