State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Tennessee, $46,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 82.6% — not 116.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+116.2%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+82.6%
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
Tennessee
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $46,250
- p25
- $36,210
- p75
- $77,400
- p10
- $32,160
- p90
- $92,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.