State comparison · 2025
Real Estate Sales Agents salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Real Estate Sales Agents in New Jersey earn a median of $99,990. In Virginia, $63,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.2% — not 56.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.3%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+45.2%
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
Virginia
Real Estate Sales Agents
- Median
- $63,980
- p25
- $43,120
- p75
- $94,050
- p10
- $36,610
- p90
- $122,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.