Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Knoxville, TN

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Knoxville, TN: $38,520/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $28,450 – $85,610 · about 440 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$11,500 (-23%).

What it's really worth in Knoxville

With Knoxville's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $38,520 has the buying power of about $41,763 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,715 · median home $367,158 · median rent $1,762/mo.

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How Knoxville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Knoxville, TN is 144th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Knoxville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 150th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Knoxville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Knoxville

A median home in Knoxville, TN costs $367,158 — about 9.5× 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 $1,762/mo works out at 55% 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 Knoxville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Knoxville	Rent vs Knoxville
New York, NY	$103,960	+170%	2×
Buffalo, NY	$83,670	+117%	0.8×
Rochester, NY	$83,200	+116%	0.9×
Seattle, WA	$80,950	+110%	1.3×

Same job elsewhere in TN

Metro	Median pay	vs Knoxville	Rent vs Knoxville
Kingsport, TN	$41,960	+9%	0.8×
Chattanooga, TN	$38,870	+1%	0.9×
Memphis, TN	$38,460	+0%	0.8×
Nashville, TN	$38,080	−1%	1×

Staying in TN keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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