State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: California vs New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In California, $57,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.4% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.4%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-43.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $57,560
- p25
- $45,520
- p75
- $78,250
- p10
- $40,150
- p90
- $111,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.