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Real Estate Sales Agents pay in District of Columbia and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Real Estate Sales Agents is $123,770 per year in District of Columbia. It is $56,930 per year in Maine. District of Columbia is 117.4% above Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-9022 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 590 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 740 in Maine. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings