Real Estate Sales Agents salary

SOC 41-9022 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$52,830

per year, nationally

Middle half

$40,040–$82,020

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

193,370

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.1%

36,600 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.

$32,970$123,590

10th: $32,970
25th: $40,040
Median: $52,830
75th: $82,020
90th: $123,590

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

Where real estate sales agents 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	District of Columbia	$123,770	109.9	590	0.67×
2	New York	$102,990	107.9	8,660	0.72×
3	New Jersey	$99,990	108.8	—	—
4	Alaska	$89,170	102.4	170	0.42×
5	Nevada	$79,990	100.0	1,490	0.77×
6	Washington	$79,130	107.0	5,150	1.17×
7	Montana	$79,100	94.6	370	0.58×
8	New Mexico	$76,170	92.2	550	0.51×
9	North Dakota	$73,920	89.0	—	—
10	South Dakota	$65,170	88.6	640	1.13×
11	Virginia	$63,980	101.1	5,750	1.13×
12	Colorado	$63,670	103.1	6,120	1.71×
13	Oregon	$61,610	103.4	1,940	0.79×
14	Alabama	$60,890	88.8	1,580	0.60×
15	Rhode Island	$60,310	102.3	—	—
16	Illinois	$59,220	100.0	6,030	0.79×
17	West Virginia	$59,050	89.5	370	0.43×
18	Arizona	$58,780	100.7	5,610	1.39×
19	Kentucky	$58,610	90.2	1,120	0.45×
20	Wisconsin	$58,120	94.1	5,680	1.55×
21	Michigan	$57,880	96.2	2,210	0.40×
22	New Hampshire	$57,620	104.2	240	0.28×
23	California	$57,560	110.7	17,500	0.77×
24	Maine	$56,930	97.0	740	0.93×
25	South Carolina	$56,580	93.7	4,930	1.72×
26	Pennsylvania	$56,040	97.6	5,510	0.73×
27	Maryland	$52,630	105.0	2,940	0.86×
28	North Carolina	$51,240	94.3	7,960	1.30×
29	Utah	$50,720	98.9	4,240	1.97×
30	Wyoming	$49,990	92.7	300	0.85×
31	Florida	$49,310	103.4	26,790	2.17×
32	Oklahoma	$47,980	87.8	3,710	1.75×
33	Nebraska	$47,240	90.1	1,400	1.10×
34	Delaware	$47,180	99.8	900	1.49×
35	Indiana	$46,880	93.3	3,680	0.92×
36	Connecticut	$46,770	103.6	—	—
37	Georgia	$46,730	96.3	9,940	1.63×
38	Minnesota	$46,410	98.6	2,530	0.69×
39	Tennessee	$46,250	91.9	2,360	0.58×
40	Ohio	$46,240	92.8	5,130	0.74×
41	Hawaii	$46,220	110.0	690	0.89×
42	Louisiana	$45,850	88.2	1,940	0.80×
43	Texas	$45,740	97.1	22,250	1.27×
44	Missouri	$43,960	90.8	1,590	0.44×
45	Idaho	$39,820	95.5	1,170	1.09×
46	Kansas	$39,770	90.1	1,450	0.81×
47	Mississippi	$39,550	87.0	670	0.46×
48	Arkansas	$38,180	86.9	1,640	1.01×

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 sales agents wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for real estate sales agents

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	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$115,820	107.8	—	—
2	Midland, TX	$109,760	95.8	340	2.21×
3	Reno, NV	$106,190	101.0	380	1.10×
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$103,550	112.6	8,320	0.70×
5	Las Cruces, NM	$100,280	90.2	70	0.73×
6	Walla Walla, WA	$97,470	98.5	50	1.44×
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$96,170	110.4	—	—
8	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$93,910	109.4	—	—
9	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$93,750	95.8	120	0.19×
10	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$91,690	110.5	530	1.30×
11	Farmington, NM	$91,170	87.7	30	0.52×
12	Fairbanks-College, AK	$89,840	103.2	40	0.90×
13	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$88,370	108.6	—	—
14	Rochester, NY	$88,310	97.0	270	0.44×
15	Carson City, NV	$87,420	98.1	50	1.31×
16	Anchorage, AK	$86,380	105.4	100	0.46×
17	Redding, CA	$83,260	100.7	70	0.77×
18	Syracuse, NY	$82,520	95.7	120	0.31×
19	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$82,500	103.7	180	1.12×
20	Billings, MT	$81,330	93.5	—	—
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$79,990	111.1	3,790	1.46×
22	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$79,380	101.1	—	—
23	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$79,250	100.0	730	2.40×
24	Helena, MT	$79,100	95.7	30	0.56×
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$78,160	108.9	3,250	0.83×
26	Yuba City, CA	$77,440	104.2	90	1.42×
27	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$76,820	98.0	420	4.10×
28	Greenville, NC	$76,500	88.4	110	1.14×
29	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	$76,430	94.1	140	1.98×
30	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$75,340	105.6	80	0.70×
31	Missoula, MT	$74,870	96.4	—	—
32	Bismarck, ND	$74,720	91.0	—	—
33	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	$73,920	88.4	70	0.39×
34	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$73,790	90.6	260	1.19×
35	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$73,560	99.6	160	0.29×
36	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$73,540	102.4	40	0.58×
37	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$72,990	100.1	80	0.51×
38	Yakima, WA	$72,520	95.5	40	0.36×
39	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$72,290	103.9	70	1.18×
40	Bellingham, WA	$72,010	103.3	100	0.92×

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 sales agents wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

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

Sales and Related Workers, All Other$48,280
Demonstrators and Product Promoters$39,320
Telemarketers$35,450
Sales Engineers$124,900
Real Estate Brokers$73,220
Models$48,470
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers$41,380