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Real Estate Sales Agents salary in Toledo, OH

Median pay for real estate sales agents in Toledo, OH: $37,980/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $24,790 – $84,290 · about 180 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,020) by −$12,040 (-24%).

What it's really worth in Toledo

With Toledo's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $37,980 has the buying power of about $41,909 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $61,620 · median home $203,726 · median rent $1,302/mo.

Full Toledo cost of living & taxes →

How Toledo ranks for this job

On raw pay, Toledo, OH is 152nd of the 167 metros we hold real estate sales agents wages for. Once Toledo's cost of living is applied, it ranks 148th.

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

What that salary buys in Toledo

A median home in Toledo, OH costs $203,726 — about 5.4× 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 $1,302/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 Toledo.

MetroMedian payvs ToledoRent vs Toledo
New York, NY $103,960 +174% 2.7×
Buffalo, NY $83,670 +120% 1.1×
Rochester, NY $83,200 +119% 1.2×
Seattle, WA $80,950 +113% 1.7×

Same job elsewhere in OH

MetroMedian payvs ToledoRent vs Toledo
Columbus, OH $41,460 +9% 1.2×
Cincinnati, OH $40,890 +8% 1.2×

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

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 167 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.