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Real Estate Sales Agents pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Real Estate Sales Agents is $47,020 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $115,820 per year in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 59.4% below Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 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 7,340 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Not published in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. 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.