State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In North Carolina, $51,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.1% — not 95.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+95.1%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+69.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $51,240
- p25
- $39,740
- p75
- $99,890
- p10
- $27,940
- p90
- $126,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.