Sales & Related
Real Estate Agents
SOC 41-9022
Help people buy and sell homes, paid on commission per deal.
The job
Median pay
$53k
$40k to $82k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.7% projected
Openings a year
33k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary plus license
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
32/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
73rd pct
More exposed than 73% of occupations · modeled estimate · 84th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
46/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Mathematics
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 26,790 | 2.7 | 2.2× | $49k |
| Texas | 22,250 | 1.6 | 1.3× | $46k |
| California | 17,500 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $58k |
| Georgia | 9,940 | 2.0 | 1.6× | $47k |
| New York | 8,660 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $103k |
| North Carolina | 7,960 | 1.6 | 1.3× | $51k |
| Colorado | 6,120 | 2.1 | 1.7× | $64k |
| Illinois | 6,030 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $59k |
| Virginia | 5,750 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $64k |
| Wisconsin | 5,680 | 1.9 | 1.6× | $58k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 5,610 | 1.7 | 1.4× | $59k |
| Pennsylvania | 5,510 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $56k |
| New Jersey | 5,214 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $100k~ |
| Washington | 5,150 | 1.5 | 1.2× | $79k |
| Ohio | 5,130 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $46k |
| South Carolina | 4,930 | 2.1 | 1.7× | $57k |
| Massachusetts | 4,530 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| Utah | 4,240 | 2.4 | 2.0× | $51k |
| Oklahoma | 3,710 | 2.2 | 1.8× | $48k |
| Indiana | 3,680 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $47k |
| Maryland | 2,940 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $53k |
| Minnesota | 2,530 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $46k |
| Tennessee | 2,360 | 0.7 | 0.6× | $46k |
| Michigan | 2,210 | 0.5 | 0.4× | $58k |
| Connecticut | 1,940 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $47k~ |
| Louisiana | 1,940 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $46k |
| Oregon | 1,940 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Arkansas | 1,640 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $38k |
| Missouri | 1,590 | 0.5 | 0.4× | $44k |
| Alabama | 1,580 | 0.7 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Nevada | 1,490 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $80k |
| Kansas | 1,450 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $40k |
| Nebraska | 1,400 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Idaho | 1,170 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $40k |
| Kentucky | 1,120 | 0.6 | 0.5× | $59k |
| Delaware | 900 | 1.9 | 1.5× | $47k |
| Maine | 740 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $57k |
| Hawaii | 690 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Iowa | 680 | 0.4 | 0.3× | $49k~ |
| Mississippi | 670 | 0.6 | 0.5× | $40k |
| South Dakota | 640 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $65k |
| Rhode Island | 608 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $60k~ |
| Washington DC | 590 | 0.8 | 0.7× | $124k |
| New Mexico | 550 | 0.6 | 0.5× | $76k |
| North Dakota | 530 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $74k~ |
| Montana | 370 | 0.7 | 0.6× | $79k |
| West Virginia | 370 | 0.5 | 0.4× | $59k |
| Wyoming | 300 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $50k |
| New Hampshire | 240 | 0.4 | 0.3× | $58k |
| Alaska | 170 | 0.5 | 0.4× | $89k |
| Vermont | 70 | 0.2 | 0.2× | $55k~ |
Top metro areas
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL9,160 jobs · $47k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ8,320 jobs · $104k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,340 jobs · $47k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA6,960 jobs · $47k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX6,950 jobs · $45k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,320 jobs · $49k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5,100 jobs · $62k median
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL4,470 jobs · $63k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Real Estate Agents interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.