Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Wichita, KS
Median pay for real estate sales agents in Wichita, KS: $43,790/yr
Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $30,360 – $99,990 · about 330 employed locally
Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$6,230 (-12%).
What it's really worth in Wichita
With Wichita's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $43,790 has the buying power of about $48,971 in an average-cost US metro.
Local context: median household income $66,643 · median home $225,557 · median rent $1,201/mo.
How Wichita ranks for this job
On raw pay, Wichita, KS is 127th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Wichita's cost of living is applied, it ranks 105th.
Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Wichita 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 Wichita
A median home in Wichita, KS costs $225,557 — about 5.2× 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 $1,201/mo works out at 33% 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 Wichita.
| Metro | Median pay | vs Wichita | Rent vs Wichita |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $103,960 | +137% | 2.9× |
| Buffalo, NY | $83,670 | +91% | 1.2× |
| Rochester, NY | $83,200 | +90% | 1.3× |
| Seattle, WA | $80,950 | +85% | 1.9× |
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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.