State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Illinois, $59,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 40.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.8%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $59,220
- p25
- $38,060
- p75
- $61,790
- p10
- $35,830
- p90
- $79,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.