State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Pennsylvania, $56,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.1% — not 78.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+78.4%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+60.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $56,040
- p25
- $46,500
- p75
- $78,840
- p10
- $31,500
- p90
- $95,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.