State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Kentucky, $58,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.3% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-29.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $58,610
- p25
- $39,570
- p75
- $76,040
- p10
- $34,320
- p90
- $105,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.