State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Alabama, $60,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-25.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $60,890
- p25
- $38,890
- p75
- $89,400
- p10
- $24,750
- p90
- $236,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $99,990
- p25
- $63,000
- p75
- $111,990
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $124,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.