commission structure

[DL Martin]

Dear Real Estate Agents/Brokers;

I am not a real estate professional.

I am from Cincinnati, Ohio, but I live in Southern California. This summer I will be selling my CA house and moving home to Cincinnati.

Assuming a 6% commission on a typical 200k Cincinnati suburb house, that would be $6k for the buying agent and $6k for the selling agent...I would call that reasonable.

June 1st, I will be placing my SoCal house on the market. I am guessing that the list price will be $1.1 mill, give or take.

My question is, am I expected to pay a listing agent $33,000 and the buying agent another $33,000?

Is the work performed by California agents 5x that of the work performed by Ohio agents ????