State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Montana, $79,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.9%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $79,100
- p25
- $67,590
- p75
- $91,170
- p10
- $49,010
- p90
- $194,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.