Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Scranton, PA

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Scranton, PA: $39,350/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $28,380 – $87,730 · about 120 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$10,670 (-21%).

What it's really worth in Scranton

With Scranton's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $39,350 has the buying power of about $42,135 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,318 · median home $227,793 · median rent $1,358/mo.

Full Scranton cost of living & taxes →

How Scranton ranks for this job

On raw pay, Scranton, PA is 138th of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Scranton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 142nd.

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

What that salary buys in Scranton

A median home in Scranton, PA costs $227,793 — about 5.8× 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 $1,358/mo works out at 41% 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 Scranton.

Metro	Median pay	vs Scranton	Rent vs Scranton
New York, NY	$103,960	+164%	2.6×
Buffalo, NY	$83,670	+113%	1.1×
Rochester, NY	$83,200	+111%	1.2×
Seattle, WA	$80,950	+106%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in PA

Metro	Median pay	vs Scranton	Rent vs Scranton
Harrisburg, PA	$56,330	+43%	1.1×
Pittsburgh, PA	$50,790	+29%	1.1×
Erie, PA	$47,650	+21%	0.8×
Philadelphia, PA	$47,370	+20%	1.4×

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

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