Real Estate Sales Agents Salary in the US
A real estate sales agents earns a national median of $52,830 a year (mean $69,510) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #506 of 825.
How much does a real estate sales agents earn in the US?
A real estate sales agents in the United States earns a median of $52,830 a year (mean $69,510), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 4% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 193,370 people work in this occupation (SOC 41-9022), ranked #506 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$52,830
per year
Mean
$69,510
per year
Employment
193,370
US workers
National rank
#506
of 825 by median
What a real estate sales agents earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a real estate sales agents (SOC 41-9022) earns a median annual wage of $52,830 and a mean (average) of $69,510. The median is the midpoint — half of real estate sales agents earn more and half earn less — and is 4% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a real estate sales agents in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for real estate sales agents is $52,830, and the mean (average) is $69,510. The median is the midpoint — half of real estate sales agents earn more and half earn less.
- How does real estate sales agents pay compare to the US average?
- At $52,830, a real estate sales agents earns 4% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many real estate sales agents are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 193,370 real estate sales agents employed nationally (SOC 41-9022), across all industries.
- Where does this real estate sales agents salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 41-9022. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 41-9022 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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