Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Lafayette, LA

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Lafayette, LA: $38,040/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $15,980 – $63,370 · about 220 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$11,980 (-24%).

What it's really worth in Lafayette

With Lafayette's cost of living at 88 (US=100), that $38,040 has the buying power of about $43,448 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $58,150 · median home $202,312 · median rent $1,371/mo.

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How Lafayette ranks for this job

On raw pay, Lafayette, LA is 149th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Lafayette's cost of living is applied, it ranks 132nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Lafayette 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 Lafayette

A median home in Lafayette, LA costs $202,312 — about 5.3× 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 $1,371/mo works out at 43% 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 Lafayette.

Metro	Median pay	vs Lafayette	Rent vs Lafayette
New York, NY	$103,960	+173%	2.6×
Buffalo, NY	$83,670	+120%	1.1×
Rochester, NY	$83,200	+119%	1.2×
Seattle, WA	$80,950	+113%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in LA

Metro	Median pay	vs Lafayette	Rent vs Lafayette
New Orleans, LA	$47,030	+24%	1.2×
Baton Rouge, LA	$39,510	+4%	1×
Shreveport, LA	$38,240	+1%	1×

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

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