Full Data for Best & Worst States to be a Real Estate Agent 2024

STATE RANKING FINAL	State	STATE RANKING FINAL	State
1	West Virginia	27	Maryland
2	New Hampshire	28	Washington
3	Vermont	29	Nebraska
4	Tennessee	30	South Carolina
5	Michigan	31	New Mexico
6	Maine	32	Oregon
7	Connecticut	33	Colorado
8	New Jersey	34	Delaware
9	Minnesota	35	Utah
10	Mississippi	36	Ohio
11	Iowa	37	California
12	Indiana	38	Arkansas
13	Illinois	39	Florida
14	Kansas	40	North Dakota
15	Virginia	41	Kentucky
16	Alaska	42	Wisconsin
17	Massachusetts	43	Idaho
18	Wyoming	44	Louisiana
19	Alabama	45	Texas
20	South Dakota	46	North Carolina
21	District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)	47	Hawaii
22	Missouri	48	Oklahoma
23	New York	49	Rhode Island
24	Georgia	50	Arizona
25	Montana	51	Nevada
26	Pennsylvania

Click here to return to article

Cost of Living Ranking

State	Cost of Living Index¹	Cost of Living Ranking
Mississippi	85.3	1
Oklahoma	86	2
Kansas	87.7	3
Missouri	88.4	4
Alabama	88.8	5
Iowa	89.7	6
Nebraska	90.1	7
Arkansas	90.3	8
West Virginia	90.3	9
Tennessee	90.4	10
Illinois	90.8	11
Georgia	91	12
Indiana	91.5	13
Louisiana	92	14
Michigan	92.7	15
Wyoming	92.8	16
Texas	93	17
Kentucky	93.8	18
South Dakota	93.8	19
Ohio	94	20
Minnesota	94.1	21
New Mexico	94.2	22
North Dakota	94.6	23
Wisconsin	95	24
North Carolina	96.1	25
South Carolina	96.5	26
Pennsylvania	99	27
Nevada	101.3	28
Utah	101.5	29
Florida	102.3	30
Delaware	102.6	31
Virginia	103.1	32
Montana	103.7	33
Colorado	105.5	34
Idaho	106.1	35
Arizona	107.2	36
Rhode Island	110.5	37
Maine	111.5	38
Connecticut	113.1	39
New Jersey	114.1	40
Vermont	114.9	41
New Hampshire	115	42
Oregon	115.1	43
Washington	115.1	44
Maryland	119.5	45
Alaska	124.4	46
New York	125.1	47
California	134.5	48
Massachusetts	148.4	49
District of Columbia (Washington DC)	148.7	50
Hawaii	179	51

¹World Population Review

Click here to return to article

Agent Competition Ranking

State	Agent Employment per 1,000¹	Ranking	Location Quotient¹	Ranking	Agent Competition Ranking
Connecticut	0.27	1	0.21	1	1
New Jersey	0.32	2	0.25	2	2
New Hampshire	0.362	4	0.28	3	3
Michigan	0.458	5	0.35	4	4
Iowa	0.459	6	0.35	5	5
Alaska	0.462	7	0.35	6	6
West Virginia	0.486	8	0.37	7	7
Vermont	0.52	9	0.4	8	8
District of Columbia (Washington DC)	0.573	10	0.44	9	9
Maine	0.619	11	0.48	10	10
Mississippi	0.635	12	0.49	11	11
New York	0.642	13	0.49	12	12
Minnesota	0.654	14	0.5	13	13
Arkansas	0.715	15	0.55	14	14
Illinois	0.755	16	0.58	15	15
Missouri	0.807	17	0.62	16	16
Ohio	0.871	19	0.67	17	17
Kansas	0.942	20	0.72	18	18
Massachusetts	0.36	3	1.07	36	19
Oregon	0.945	21	0.73	19	20
North Dakota	0.95	22	0.73	20	21
Alabama	0.985	23	0.76	21	22
Hawaii	1.017	24	0.78	22	23
Nebraska	1.053	25	0.81	23	24
Pennsylvania	1.068	26	0.82	24	25
Tennessee	1.078	27	0.83	25	26
South Dakota	1.081	28	0.83	26	27
Louisiana	1.083	29	0.83	27	28
Maryland	1.084	30	0.83	28	29
Indiana	1.089	31	0.84	29	30
New Mexico	1.094	32	0.84	30	31
California	1.137	33	0.87	31	32
Kentucky	1.182	34	0.91	32	33
Wyoming	1.289	35	0.99	33	34
North Carolina	0.807	18	2.39	51	35
Montana	1.359	36	1.04	34	36
Georgia	1.377	37	1.06	35	37
Wisconsin	1.459	38	1.12	37	38
Rhode Island	1.498	39	1.15	38	39
Idaho	1.533	40	1.18	39	40
Virginia	1.595	42	1.22	40	41
Utah	1.595	41	1.23	41	42
Washington	1.625	43	1.25	42	43
South Carolina	1.635	44	1.26	43	44
Nevada	1.694	45	1.3	44	45
Texas	1.756	46	1.35	45	46
Oklahoma	1.859	47	1.49	46	47
Colorado	2.103	48	1.62	47	48
Delaware	2.128	49	1.63	48	49
Arizona	2.467	50	1.89	49	50
Florida	3.027	51	2.33	50	51

¹U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Click here to return to article

Agent Salary Ranking

State	Annual Mean Wage¹	Ranking	Hourly Median Wage¹	Ranking	Real Estate Agent Salary Ranking
Massachusetts	$127,810.00	1	$61.04	1	1
New York	$112,080.00	2	$50.00	2	2
Vermont	$100,750.00	3	$38.49	4	3
Alaska	$81,720.00	7	$38.69	3	4
New Jersey	$82,490.00	6	$34.34	6	5
Washington	$80,680.00	9	$37.75	5	6
Tennessee	$84,110.00	5	$30.32	10	7
District of Columbia (Washington DC)	$77,030.00	12	$32.00	7	8
Maine	$73,110.00	16	$30.76	8	9
Indiana	$75,720.00	13	$29.58	13	10
California	$72,870.00	17	$30.17	11	11
West Virginia	$70,540.00	20	$30.40	9	12
South Dakota	$73,350.00	15	$29.20	15	13
Wyoming	$71,460.00	18	$29.51	14	14
Connecticut	$84,810.00	4	$24.29	30	15
Kansas	$81,420.00	8	$26.11	26	16
Colorado	$71,160.00	19	$29.15	17	17
New Hampshire	$73,830.00	14	$27.46	23	18
Virginia	$69,630.00	21	$29.18	16	19
South Carolina	$79,140.00	10	$25.28	28	20
Michigan	$68,430.00	22	$26.90	24	21
Mississippi	$67,770.00	24	$27.79	22	22
Montana	$60,770.00	34	$30.17	12	23
North Dakota	$65,950.00	27	$28.00	20	24
Texas	$78,390.00	11	$23.29	36	25
Hawaii	$64,290.00	29	$28.47	19	26
Florida	$68,100.00	23	$26.42	25	27
New Mexico	$62,300.00	31	$28.84	18	28
Oregon	$63,420.00	30	$27.88	21	29
Maryland	$67,660.00	25	$23.70	33	30
Georgia	$64,410.00	28	$23.36	34	31
Iowa	$60,680.00	35	$25.13	29	32
Nevada	$67,120.00	26	$22.22	40	33
Alabama	$56,520.00	40	$25.91	27	34
Arizona	$61,410.00	33	$23.33	35	35
Rhode Island	$58,830.00	38	$23.79	31	36
Illinois	$57,220.00	39	$23.77	32	37
Pennsylvania	$60,590.00	36	$23.25	37	38
Minnesota	$62,050.00	32	$21.19	43	39
Utah	$54,330.00	42	$23.22	38	40
Ohio	$59,860.00	37	$19.24	45	41
Delaware	$55,010.00	41	$22.13	41	42
Wisconsin	$53,840.00	44	$23.10	39	43
North Carolina	$53,880.00	43	$21.68	42	44
Missouri	$52,460.00	47	$19.25	44	45
Nebraska	$48,430.00	48	$19.05	47	46
Oklahoma	$46,000.00	49	$19.23	46	47
Arkansas	$52,700.00	46	$17.94	50	48
Kentucky	$52,870.00	45	$17.63	51	49
Louisiana	$42,710.00	51	$19.02	48	50
Idaho	$44,920.00	50	$18.52	49	51

¹U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Click here to return to article

Home Value & Commission Ranking

State	Median Home Value¹	Ranking	Median Monthly Rent²	Ranking	Number of Homes Available³	Ranking	Median Days on Market⁴	Ranking	Home Values & Commission Ranking
Massachusetts	$614,700	6	$1,336	7	32,957	4	25	4	1
District of Columbia (Washington DC)	$668,250	4	$1,607	2	21,948	8	31	11	2
Virginia	$440,200	15	$1,257	10	24,558	7	32	12	3
New Jersey	$477,600	10	$1,368	5	9,525	25	28	5	4
Connecticut	$393,700	20	$1,201	13	18,379	11	22	2	5
New Hampshire	$452,700	13	$1,145	17	15,776	14	24	3	6
Washington	$618,000	5	$1,337	6	4,376	37	29	8	7
Colorado	$580,900	7	$1,335	8	8,340	28	37	16	8
Oregon	$510,900	9	$1,173	14	19,315	9	43	28	9
California	$785,900	2	$1,586	3	1,940	46	33	14	10
Georgia	$375,300	24	$1,042	21	137,534	1	40	20	11
Maryland	$421,800	18	$1,415	4	4,186	38	30	9	12
Illinois	$280,900	37	$1,038	22	26,173	6	29	6	13
Minnesota	$341,700	30	$1,010	24	16,161	12	30	10	14
New York	$819,900	1	$1,315	9	9,229	26	48	42	15
Rhode Island	$462,100	11	$1,031	23	2,228	44	19	1	16
Tennessee	$377,200	23	$897	29	32,362	5	40	23	17
Utah	$529,600	8	$1,090	19	11,332	21	44	33	18
Florida	$407,200	19	$1,218	12	48,586	3	61	50	19
Alaska	$379,600	22	$1,240	11	7,544	31	41	24	20
Idaho	$460,900	12	$887	31	7,704	30	38	18	21
Delaware	$327,300	31	$1,150	16	14,333	16	44	30	22
Hawaii	$720,200	3	$1,651	1	2,942	42	64	51	23
Nevada	$428,100	17	$1,159	15	1082	51	38	19	24
Vermont	$385,300	21	$999	25	13,465	18	47	40	25
Wisconsin	$297,100	33	$872	34	9,144	27	32	13	26
Montana	$442,052	14	$836	41	16,125	13	48	41	27
Pennsylvania	$278,700	38	$958	26	10,476	24	40	22	28
Maine	$373,700	26	$873	33	13,198	19	46	36	29
North Carolina	$371,100	27	$932	27	4,417	36	41	25	30
Arizona	$436,100	16	$1,097	18	5,314	35	58	48	31
Nebraska	$290,500	34	$857	37	7,854	29	40	21	32
Kentucky	$251,300	48	$783	48	101,118	2	43	27	33
Texas	$357,800	28	$1,082	20	2,926	43	46	38	34
Missouri	$255,400	45	$843	40	12,936	20	42	26	35
West Virginia	$304,400	32	$732	51	18,447	10	46	39	36
South Dakota	$286,054	35	$761	49	10,596	23	43	29	37
South Carolina	$374,200	25	$918	28	1,868	47	46	37	38
Indiana	$258,000	43	$844	39	3,864	40	37	17	39
Michigan	$252,200	47	$892	30	1,833	48	33	15	40
Louisiana	$257,400	44	$876	32	13,788	17	60	49	41
Oklahoma	$253,200	46	$818	44	11,229	22	45	34	42
Ohio	$240,900	50	$825	43	1,396	49	29	7	43
New Mexico	$349,200	29	$857	36	3,908	39	54	46	44
Arkansas	$258,100	42	$760	50	14,942	15	54	45	45
Kansas	$276,300	39	$863	35	1,289	50	44	31	46
North Dakota	$244,772	49	$828	42	7,313	33	44	32	47
Alabama	$284,900	36	$811	45	7,538	32	52	44	48
Wyoming	$276,000	40	$853	38	3,811	41	51	43	49
Mississippi	$271,200	41	$789	47	6,481	34	56	47	50
Iowa	$230,600	51	$806	46	2,161	45	46	35	51

¹World Population Review – Median Home Price by State

²World Population Review – Average Rent by State

³FRED – Active Listing Count

⁴FRED – Median Days on Market

Click here to return to article

Home Ownership Ranking

State	Homeownership Rate¹	Ranking	Percentage of Owner-Occupied Homes²	Ranking	Homeownership Ranking
West Virginia	79.40%	1	74.50%	1	1
Delaware	76.20%	3	74.10%	2	2
Maine	77.20%	2	74.10%	3	3
Vermont	74.90%	4	73.70%	4	4
Wyoming	74.10%	5	72.70%	6	5
New Hampshire	73.40%	7	72.30%	8	6
Michigan	71.30%	13	73.20%	5	7
Minnesota	71.80%	10	72.10%	9	8
Alabama	73.90%	6	70.20%	15	9
Iowa	71.30%	12	72.00%	10	10
Mississippi	72.80%	8	69.90%	16	11
Idaho	70.40%	18	72.30%	7	12
Indiana	71.60%	11	70.80%	14	13
South Carolina	70.70%	16	72.00%	11	14
Montana	72.10%	9	68.80%	20	15
Pennsylvania	71.20%	14	69.10%	18	16
New Mexico	70.00%	21	70.90%	13	17
Utah	69.60%	26	71.20%	12	18
Virginia	70.50%	17	67.40%	27	19
Maryland	69.90%	22	67.70%	23	20
Arizona	70.10%	19	67.40%	26	21
Tennessee	70.90%	15	67.20%	30	22
South Dakota	68.10%	29	69.60%	17	23
Kentucky	68.90%	27	68.80%	19	24
Missouri	69.90%	23	67.60%	25	25
Wisconsin	67.40%	32	68.10%	21	26
Ohio	69.60%	25	67.30%	28	27
Florida	69.70%	24	67.20%	29	28
Kansas	67.10%	33	67.70%	22	29
Louisiana	67.40%	31	67.60%	24	30
Connecticut	70.10%	20	66.30%	35	31
Nebraska	68.70%	28	66.00%	37	32
Illinois	66.70%	35	67.10%	31	33
Oklahoma	67.70%	30	65.40%	39	34
North Carolina	65.30%	38	66.70%	32	35
Arkansas	66.50%	37	66.50%	33	36
Colorado	66.60%	36	66.40%	34	37
Alaska	66.70%	34	66.10%	36	38
Georgia	63.30%	40	65.90%	38	39
Washington	63.80%	39	64.20%	42	40
North Dakota	62.30%	45	65.10%	40	41
Oregon	63.30%	41	62.80%	44	42
New Jersey	59.90%	48	64.60%	41	43
Rhode Island	61.40%	46	63.30%	43	44
Texas	62.50%	44	62.50%	46	45
Massachusetts	62.70%	43	62.20%	47	46
Nevada	62.90%	42	60.30%	48	47
Hawaii	60.80%	47	62.60%	45	48
California	55.50%	49	55.80%	49	49
New York	54.30%	50	54.10%	50	50
District of Columbia (Washington DC)	39.70%	51	41.00%	51	51

¹Census Bureau

²PropertyShark

Click here to return to article