Real Estate Brokers salary

SOC 41-9021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$73,220

per year, nationally

Middle half

$46,480–$103,360

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

46,100

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.3%

9,700 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$37,110$143,300

10th: $37,110
25th: $46,480
Median: $73,220
75th: $103,360
90th: $143,300

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where real estate brokers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New Jersey	$111,390	108.8	1,290	1.01×
2	Connecticut	$105,800	103.6	—	—
3	Utah	$92,830	98.9	—	—
4	Washington	$82,790	107.0	—	—
5	Alabama	$82,630	88.8	460	0.73×
6	Michigan	$82,510	96.2	1,150	0.88×
7	Maryland	$81,550	105.0	430	0.53×
8	California	$80,450	110.7	8,430	1.56×
9	New Mexico	$80,340	92.2	—	—
10	Colorado	$79,970	103.1	3,280	3.84×
11	Virginia	$77,270	101.1	1,500	1.23×
12	Vermont	$76,920	98.0	80	0.92×
13	Indiana	$75,000	93.3	740	0.77×
14	Hawaii	$74,310	110.0	160	0.87×
15	Arizona	$74,260	100.7	3,790	3.95×
16	Arkansas	$73,800	86.9	120	0.30×
17	North Dakota	$73,300	89.0	80	0.64×
18	Kansas	$69,990	90.1	290	0.69×
19	Delaware	$68,690	99.8	100	0.69×
20	Florida	$66,010	103.4	3,640	1.23×
21	Alaska	$65,820	102.4	100	1.01×
22	Ohio	$64,510	92.8	—	—
23	Texas	$63,390	97.1	2,040	0.49×
24	Montana	$63,240	94.6	400	2.65×
25	Oregon	$63,070	103.4	1,670	2.86×
26	Illinois	$62,540	100.0	990	0.55×
27	Missouri	$62,280	90.8	1,980	2.28×
28	Tennessee	$60,150	91.9	540	0.55×
29	West Virginia	$58,960	89.5	140	0.70×
30	Idaho	$57,660	95.5	380	1.51×
31	Maine	$55,280	97.0	—	—
32	North Carolina	$52,830	94.3	1,560	1.07×
33	New Hampshire	$51,490	104.2	120	0.60×
34	Iowa	$50,140	87.8	—	—
35	Mississippi	$41,690	87.0	60	0.19×
36	Minnesota	$39,850	98.6	—	—

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where real estate brokers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for real estate brokers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$168,320	96.9	160	0.67×
2	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$124,210	97.6	—	—
3	Boise City, ID	$104,780	98.4	—	—
4	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$103,070	93.6	—	—
5	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$99,020	101.1	—	—
6	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$98,950	94.7	—	—
7	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$95,320	97.3	150	0.37×
8	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$94,990	101.4	—	—
9	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$92,830	98.2	—	—
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$91,770	113.6	—	—
11	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$89,150	100.9	50	0.46×
12	Medford, OR	$88,760	101.4	—	—
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$87,670	108.9	—	—
14	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$86,290	92.7	—	—
15	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$85,600	100.3	690	1.23×
16	Harrisonburg, VA	$84,590	94.9	—	—
17	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$83,860	101.6	—	—
18	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$83,690	100.9	—	—
19	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$83,680	89.4	40	0.40×
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$82,790	111.1	—	—
21	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$82,490	95.0	80	1.29×
22	Corvallis, OR	$82,280	104.0	30	2.63×
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$81,550	104.5	150	0.38×
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$80,450	111.9	—	—
25	Albuquerque, NM	$80,340	95.5	—	—
26	Anchorage, AK	$79,080	105.4	—	—
27	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$78,840	98.2	—	—
28	Cleveland, OH	$78,330	93.9	—	—
29	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$78,050	101.8	—	—
30	Bozeman, MT	$77,350	102.5	—	—
31	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$77,200	95.7	—	—
32	Columbus, IN	$75,920	93.0	30	2.10×
33	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$75,330	110.5	—	—
34	Richmond, VA	$75,300	97.9	—	—
35	Bend, OR	$74,950	103.6	240	7.61×
36	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$74,260	103.3	—	—
37	Evansville, IN	$72,980	91.5	100	2.45×
38	Flagstaff, AZ	$72,800	100.3	—	—
39	Urban Honolulu, HI	$72,590	111.0	110	0.82×
40	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$71,460	114.2	970	1.16×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where real estate brokers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Real Estate Sales Agents$52,830
Sales and Related Workers, All Other$48,280
Demonstrators and Product Promoters$39,320
Telemarketers$35,450
Sales Engineers$124,900
Models$48,470
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers$41,380