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Real Estate Sales Agents — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$52,830
United States, 2025
Employment
193,370
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.
- O*NET code
- 41-9022.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Investigate clients' financial and credit status to determine eligibility for financing.
- Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
- Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
- Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates.
- Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.
- Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
- Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
- Coordinate appointments to show homes to prospective buyers.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$32,970
25th percentile
$40,040
75th percentile
$82,020
90th percentile
$123,590
Most important skills
- Speaking4.0
- Active Listening4.0
- Negotiation3.9
- Persuasion3.8
- Service Orientation3.8
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Coordination3.8
- Critical Thinking3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.4
- Time Management3.3
- Writing3.3
- Active Learning3.3
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 16 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
16
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Negotiation | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Persuasion | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.8 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.6 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.4 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Coordination | 3.8 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Writing | 3.3 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.3 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Time Management | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Active Learning | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Real Estate Sales AgentsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $123,770 | 590 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $115,820 | — | 2025 |
| Midland, TX | $109,760 | 340 | 2025 |
| Reno, NV | $106,190 | 380 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $103,550 | 8,320 | 2025 |
| NY | $102,990 | 8,660 | 2025 |
| Las Cruces, NM | $100,280 | 70 | 2025 |
| NJ | $99,990 | — | 2025 |
| Walla Walla, WA | $97,470 | 50 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $96,170 | — | 2025 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $93,910 | — | 2025 |
| Buffalo, NY | $93,750 | 120 | 2025 |
| Oxnard, CA | $91,690 | 530 | 2025 |
| Farmington, NM | $91,170 | 30 | 2025 |
| Fairbanks, AK | $89,840 | 40 | 2025 |
| AK | $89,170 | 170 | 2025 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $88,370 | — | 2025 |
| Rochester, NY | $88,310 | 270 | 2025 |
| Carson City, NV | $87,420 | 50 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $86,380 | 100 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.