State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In South Carolina, $56,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.2% — not 76.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.7%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+52.2%
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
South Carolina
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $56,580
- p25
- $39,990
- p75
- $97,470
- p10
- $36,530
- p90
- $189,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.