State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In South Dakota, $65,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 53.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.4%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+24.9%
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
South Dakota
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $65,170
- p25
- $47,960
- p75
- $77,070
- p10
- $45,970
- p90
- $110,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.