State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Rhode Island, $60,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.9% — not 65.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.8%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+55.9%
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
Rhode Island
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $60,310
- p25
- $41,890
- p75
- $68,530
- p10
- $38,840
- p90
- $122,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.