Complete Ranking of Best States to be an Agent 2021

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

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Cost of Living | Overall Agent Salary | Median Home Value

OVERALL STATE RANKING	State	Average Cost of Living	Cost of Living Rank	Annual Mean Wage	Overall Agent Salary Ranking	Median Home Value	Median Home Value Rank
1	Wyoming	89.3	10	$71,460	9	$220,500	23
2	Michigan	88.9	7	$57,170	23	$154,900	41
3	West Virginia	91.1	17	$56,880	25	$119,600	50
4	Vermont	114.5	39	$55,770	29	$227,700	20
5	New Hampshire	109.7	37	$49,970	43	$261,700	17
6	Utah	98.4	27	$75,170	6	$279,100	11
7	Iowa	90.1	13	$54,610	31	$147,800	43
8	Maine	117.5	40	$55,840	28	$190,400	28
9	Mississippi	86.1	1	$57,030	24	$119,000	51
10	South Dakota	99.8	29	$64,720	16	$167,100	36
11	Missouri	87.1	4	$65,040	15	$157,200	39
12	Montana	106.9	34	$70,930	11	$230,600	19
13	Alabama	89.3	10	$53,300	32	$142,700	45
14	Minnesota	101.6	31	$46,130	50	$223,900	22
15	Tennessee	88.7	6	$50,670	38	$167,200	35
16	Connecticut	127.7	43	$79,780	3	$275,400	12
17	New Jersey	125.1	42	$66,880	13	$335,600	7
18	Pennsylvania[E]	101.7	32	$62,430	21	$180,200	30
19	Rhode Island	119.4	41	$70,420	12	$261,900	16
20	New Mexico	87.5	5	$55,900	26	$171,400	34
21	Indiana	90	12	$47,670	47	$141,700	46
22	Massachusetts	131.6	46	$84,180	2	$381,600	4
23	Delaware	108.1	35	$49,410	45	$251,100	18
24	Alaska	129.9	45	$79,360	4	$270,400	14
25	Idaho	92.3	19	$47,350	49	$212,300	25
26	Kansas	89	8	$50,680	37	$151,900	42
27	Louisiana	93.9	20	$52,440	34	$163,100	37
28	Maryland	129.7	44	$52,800	33	$314,800	8
29	Colorado	105.6	33	$76,850	5	$343,300	5
30	Virginia[E]	100.7	30	$64,210	18	$273,100	13
31	New York	139.1	48	$111,800	1	$313,700	9
32	California	151.7	49	$74,140	7	$505,000	3
33	Illinois	94.5	21	$42,130	51	$194,500	26
34	Kentucky[E]	90.9	16	$50,570	39	$141,000	47
35	North Dakota	98.8	28	$62,570	20	$193,900	27
36	Hawaii	192.9	51	$71,140	10	$615,300	1
37	Florida	97.9	26	$62,790	19	$215,300	24
38	Wisconsin	97.3	25	$50,290	41	$180,600	29
39	Nebraska	90.8	14	$49,860	44	$155,800	40
40	South Carolina	95.9	23	$48,560	46	$162,300	38
41	Arkansas	86.9	2	$50,570	39	$127,800	49
42	Texas	91.5	18	$72,830	8	$172,500	32
43	Arizona	97	24	$52,280	35	$225,500	21
44	Ohio	90.8	14	$47,420	48	$145,700	44
45	Oklahoma	87	3	$55,850	27	$136,800	48
46	Washington	110.7	38	$66,020	14	$339,000	6
47	Georgia	89.2	9	$54,670	30	$176,000	31
48	Oregon	134.2	47	$52,120	36	$312,200	10
49	Nevada	108.5	36	$64,280	17	$267,900	15
50	North Carolina	94.9	22	$50,160	42	$172,500	32
51	District of Columbia	161.1	50	$59,250	22	$601,500	2

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Overall Owner-Occupied Homes | Home Ownership

OVERALL STATE RANKING	State	Percentage of Owner-Occupied Homes	Overall Owner-Occupied Homes Ranking	Home Ownership Rate	Home Ownership Rank
1	Wyoming	71.9	3	71.4	14
2	Michigan	71.6	5	73.3	9
3	West Virginia	73.4	1	78.5	1
4	Vermont	70.9	8	73	10
5	New Hampshire	71	7	76.1	3
6	Utah	70.6	9	69.2	20
7	Iowa	70.5	10	75	4
8	Maine	72.2	2	76.3	2
9	Mississippi	67.3	19	72.3	12
10	South Dakota	67.8	18	72.3	12
11	Missouri	67.1	21	67.8	30
12	Montana	68.9	14	68.2	26
13	Alabama	68.8	15	73.9	8
14	Minnesota	71.9	3	74.4	7
15	Tennessee	66.5	24	67.9	28
16	Connecticut	65	37	67.1	32
17	New Jersey	63.3	40	64.3	40
18	Pennsylvania[E]	68.4	16	70.5	17
19	Rhode Island	61.7	45	67	33
20	New Mexico	68.1	17	67.9	28
21	Indiana	69.3	13	75	4
22	Massachusetts	62.2	43	61.2	46
23	Delaware	70.3	11	74.6	6
24	Alaska	64.7	38	61.8	45
25	Idaho	71.6	5	68.6	25
26	Kansas	66.5	24	68.7	24
27	Louisiana	66.5	24	69.4	18
28	Maryland	66.8	23	71	15
29	Colorado	65.9	32	63.6	42
30	Virginia[E]	66.1	29	69	23
31	New York	53.5	50	53.5	50
32	California	54.9	49	55.6	49
33	Illinois	66	30	69.2	20
34	Kentucky[E]	67	22	70.7	16
35	North Dakota	61.3	46	63.9	41
36	Hawaii	60.2	47	57.7	48
37	Florida	66.2	28	67	33
38	Wisconsin	67.2	20	66.8	35
39	Nebraska	66.3	27	69.2	20
40	South Carolina	70.3	11	72.6	11
41	Arkansas	65.5	33	66.4	36
42	Texas	61.9	44	64.6	39
43	Arizona	65.3	35	68.2	26
44	Ohio	66	30	69.4	18
45	Oklahoma	65.5	33	67.8	30
46	Washington	63.1	41	62.6	44
47	Georgia	64.1	39	66.1	38
48	Oregon	62.9	42	63.6	42
49	Nevada	56.6	48	59.2	47
50	North Carolina	65.3	35	66.2	37
51	District of Columbia	41.5	51	43.3	51

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