Sales & Related
Real Estate Brokers
SOC 41-9021
Run real estate deals and often a team of agents under a broker license.
The job
Median pay
$73k
$46k to $103k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Stable
+0.8% projected
Openings a year
8k
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
28/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
63rd pct
More exposed than 63% of occupations · modeled estimate · 80th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
48/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Writing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8,430 | 0.5 | 1.6× | $80k |
| Arizona | 3,790 | 1.2 | 4.0× | $74k |
| Florida | 3,640 | 0.4 | 1.2× | $66k |
| Colorado | 3,280 | 1.1 | 3.9× | $80k |
| New York | 2,610 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $86k~ |
| Texas | 2,040 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Missouri | 1,980 | 0.7 | 2.3× | $62k |
| Oregon | 1,670 | 0.8 | 2.9× | $63k |
| Georgia | 1,594 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $69k~ |
| Ohio | 1,577 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $65k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,560 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $53k |
| Virginia | 1,500 | 0.4 | 1.2× | $77k |
| New Jersey | 1,290 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $111k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,200 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $70k~ |
| Michigan | 1,150 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $83k |
| Washington | 1,010 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $83k~ |
| Massachusetts | 995 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $86k~ |
| Illinois | 990 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $63k |
| Minnesota | 865 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $40k~ |
| South Carolina | 760 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $68k~ |
| Indiana | 740 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $75k |
| Louisiana | 581 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| Tennessee | 540 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $60k |
| Oklahoma | 529 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $63k~ |
| Iowa | 485 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $50k~ |
| Utah | 483 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $93k~ |
| Connecticut | 462 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $106k~ |
| Alabama | 460 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $83k |
| Nevada | 460 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $70k~ |
| Wisconsin | 440 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $73k~ |
| Maryland | 430 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $82k |
| Montana | 400 | 0.8 | 2.6× | $63k |
| Idaho | 380 | 0.4 | 1.5× | $58k |
| Nebraska | 303 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $70k~ |
| Kansas | 290 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $70k |
| New Mexico | 240 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $80k~ |
| Maine | 187 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $55k~ |
| Hawaii | 160 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $74k |
| South Dakota | 160 | 0.3 | 1.2× | $70k~ |
| Kentucky | 150 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $66k~ |
| Rhode Island | 145 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $80k~ |
| West Virginia | 140 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $59k |
| Arkansas | 120 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $74k |
| New Hampshire | 120 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $51k |
| Alaska | 100 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Delaware | 100 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $69k |
| Wyoming | 82 | 0.3 | 1.0× | $70k~ |
| North Dakota | 80 | 0.2 | 0.6× | $73k |
| Vermont | 80 | 0.3 | 0.9× | $77k |
| Washington DC | 70 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $89k~ |
| Mississippi | 60 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $42k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,460 jobs
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD990 jobs
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL970 jobs · $71k median
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA960 jobs · $63k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN800 jobs · $67k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA760 jobs · $59k median
- Kansas City, MO-KS750 jobs · $71k median
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI690 jobs · $86k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Real Estate Brokers 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.