State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Michigan, $57,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.5% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.1%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $57,880
- p25
- $40,140
- p75
- $78,190
- p10
- $31,590
- p90
- $104,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.