Real Estate Sales Agents: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of jobs for real estate sales agents in the US is about 432,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a very low level of unemployment.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those working as employees, 16% work fewer than 40 hours per week. Around 60% of real estate sales agents are independent contractors.

Training and Education

A postsecondary vocational award is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 45% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. 37% of real estate sales agents attended college, but do not have a degree. 18% of workers were able to find a job with only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for employees in Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), Sebastian (Florida), and Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and fewer jobs in Bakersfield (California), Springfield (Massachusetts), and Salinas (California).

Compensation for real estate sales agents is the most in Toledo (Ohio), Trenton (New Jersey), and Boston (Massachusetts), and the lowest in Lubbock (Texas), Bowling Green (Kentucky), and Fort Smith (Arkansas).

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Real Estate Sales Agents: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Real Estate Sales Agents, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Real Estate Sales Agents are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Real Estate Sales Agents are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	560	$61,290	0.9
Alabama	Huntsville	210	$59,330	0.8
Alabama	Mobile	160	$76,530	0.7
Alabama	Montgomery	80	$50,700	0.4
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	80	$30,860	0.8
Alaska	Anchorage	50	$68,800	0.3
Arizona	Kingman	30		0.5
Arizona	Phoenix	3,080	$67,020	1.3
Arizona	Tucson	300		0.7
Arizona	Yuma	60		0.9
Arkansas	Fayetteville	170	$44,190	0.7
Arkansas	Fort Smith	90	$25,040	0.7
Arkansas	Little Rock	370	$43,800	0.9
California	Bakersfield	60	$60,140	0.2
California	Chico	40	$55,820	0.5
California	Modesto	120		0.6
California	Oakland	800	$57,830	0.6
California	Riverside	1,110	$50,510	0.7
California	Sacramento	760	$65,820	0.7
California	Salinas	30	$71,200	0.2
California	San Jose	410	$57,820	0.4
California	San Luis Obispo	30		0.3
California	Santa Barbara	90		0.5
Colorado	Colorado Springs	260	$42,470	0.9
Colorado	Denver	1,870	$64,160	1.2
Colorado	Pueblo	50		0.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	380	$62,240	0.7
Connecticut	Hartford	140	$68,020	0.2
Connecticut	New Haven	130	$46,550	0.4
Delaware	Dover	80	$52,320	1.3
Delaware	Wilmington	690	$46,490	1.7
District of Columbia	Washington	5,760	$61,040	2
Florida	Cape Coral	670	$42,080	2.7
Florida	Deltona	260		1.4
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	2,200	$52,910	2.4
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	360	$33,720	4.2
Florida	Gainesville	370	$33,610	2.8
Florida	Jacksonville	1,330	$38,160	1.8
Florida	Lakeland	510	$39,130	2.2
Florida	Miami	3,140	$46,210	2.5
Florida	Naples	430		3.1
Florida	Ocala	160		1.5
Florida	Orlando	3,810	$44,850	2.9
Florida	Palm Bay	460	$29,690	2
Florida	Panama City	260	$49,510	3.4
Florida	Pensacola	390	$43,160	2.2
Florida	Port St Lucie	280	$30,020	1.9
Florida	Sarasota	890	$40,880	2.8
Florida	Sebastian	240		4.6
Florida	Tallahassee	430	$36,570	2.2
Florida	Tampa	3,810		2.5
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,690	$39,660	2.5
Georgia	Athens	110		1.3
Georgia	Atlanta	5,100	$52,210	1.7
Georgia	Augusta	230	$42,960	0.9
Georgia	Brunswick	110	$33,010	2.4
Georgia	Columbus	190	$47,130	1.5
Georgia	Gainesville	70	$38,690	0.9
Georgia	Hinesville	40		3.3
Georgia	Macon	190	$34,170	1.7
Georgia	Savannah	390	$32,490	2.2
Georgia	Valdosta	70	$33,690	1.1
Georgia	Warner Robins	40	$28,610	0.7
Hawaii	Honolulu	430	$91,740	0.8
Idaho	Boise	180	$57,790	0.6
Idaho	Idaho Falls	60	$33,410	1.2
Illinois	Bloomington	30	$42,480	0.4
Illinois	Peoria	130	$42,570	0.6
Illinois	Rockford	100		0.6
Indiana	Evansville	60		0.3
Indiana	Fort Wayne	170	$39,740	0.7
Indiana	Indianapolis	660	$59,300	0.6
Indiana	South Bend	60	$40,730	0.4
Iowa	Ames	80	$53,850	2
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	70	$56,840	0.4
Iowa	Davenport	80	$47,970	0.4
Kansas	Lawrence	30	$30,140	0.6
Kansas	Wichita	100	$49,460	0.3
Kentucky	Bowling Green	130	$25,390	2.1
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	60		1.3
Kentucky	Lexington	370	$25,880	1.3
Kentucky	Louisville	530	$33,330	0.7
Kentucky	Owensboro	40	$39,070	0.8
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	250	$40,030	0.6
Louisiana	Houma	50	$43,250	0.5
Louisiana	Lafayette	110		0.6
Louisiana	Monroe	50	$41,600	0.6
Louisiana	New Orleans	310	$38,180	0.5
Maine	Portland	120	$47,170	0.5
Maryland	Baltimore	2,150	$65,880	1.3
Maryland	Bethesda	1,560	$60,590	2.2
Maryland	Hagerstown	160	$34,260	1.4
Maryland	Salisbury	60	$84,590	1.1
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	160	$43,240	1.4
Massachusetts	Boston	1,250	$90,410	0.6
Massachusetts	Brockton	60	$51,960	0.6
Massachusetts	Framingham	80		0.4
Massachusetts	Lowell	60	$32,250	0.4
Massachusetts	New Bedford	40	$51,070	0.6
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	30	$58,510	0.9
Massachusetts	Springfield	60		0.2
Massachusetts	Taunton	30	$41,700	0.6
Michigan	Ann Arbor	270	$43,590	1.4
Michigan	Detroit	820	$46,040	0.9
Michigan	Flint	300		1.9
Michigan	Grand Rapids	340	$30,640	0.7
Michigan	Holland	110		0.9
Michigan	Kalamazoo	120	$31,890	0.8
Michigan	Lansing	320	$52,380	1.4
Michigan	Monroe	40	$52,490	1
Michigan	Niles	60	$27,480	0.9
Michigan	Saginaw	60	$34,360	0.7
Michigan	Warren	1,460	$56,200	1
Minnesota	Minneapolis	2,390	$39,260	1.1
Minnesota	Rochester	70	$36,930	0.7
Minnesota	St Cloud	60	$40,950	0.5
Mississippi	Gulfport	90	$38,470	0.7
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	70		1.1
Mississippi	Jackson	420	$31,020	1.4
Missouri	Columbia	100	$37,280	1.1
Missouri	Kansas City	890	$57,560	0.7
Missouri	Springfield	160	$33,600	0.7
Missouri	St Joseph	40	$38,800	0.7
Missouri	St Louis	1,360	$46,490	0.8
Nebraska	Lincoln	80		0.4
Nebraska	Omaha	330	$51,420	0.6
Nevada	Carson City	50	$58,870	1.8
Nevada	Las Vegas	2,380	$78,530	2.1
Nevada	Reno	140	$42,040	0.6
New Hampshire	Manchester	120	$37,200	1
New Hampshire	Nashua	90	$36,910	0.6
New Jersey	Camden	350	$44,350	0.5
New Jersey	Edison	630	$51,540	0.5
New Jersey	Newark	510	$52,010	0.4
New Jersey	Trenton	160	$62,980	0.6
New Mexico	Albuquerque	370	$74,390	0.8
New Mexico	Las Cruces	60	$34,100	0.9
New Mexico	Santa Fe	50	$40,250	0.7
New York	Albany	300	$51,050	0.6
New York	Binghamton	70	$44,360	0.6
New York	Buffalo	430	$54,180	0.6
New York	Glens Falls	30	$33,160	0.5
New York	Ithaca	100	$63,800	2.2
New York	Nassau	1,630	$79,380	1
New York	New York	9,650	$87,870	1.5
New York	Poughkeepsie	160		0.6
New York	Rochester	530	$43,510	0.9
New York	Syracuse	190	$39,260	0.5
New York	Utica	70	$55,990	0.5
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,780		1.6
North Carolina	Greensboro	360	$51,560	0.8
North Carolina	Greenville	40	$50,120	0.5
North Carolina	Hickory	110		0.6
North Carolina	Jacksonville	50	$45,900	1.2
North Carolina	Raleigh	1,210	$69,850	1.9
North Carolina	Wilmington	360		2.1
North Carolina	Winston Salem	250	$49,200	1
North Dakota	Fargo	90	$41,300	0.7
Ohio	Akron	170	$37,850	0.4
Ohio	Canton	40	$46,100	0.2
Ohio	Cincinnati	850	$50,040	0.7
Ohio	Cleveland	620	$53,800	0.5
Ohio	Columbus	540	$51,170	0.5
Ohio	Dayton	240	$56,210	0.5
Ohio	Toledo	80	$66,620	0.2
Ohio	Youngstown	100	$39,360	0.4
Oklahoma	Lawton	40		1
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,460	$47,730	2.1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	670	$52,590	1.2
Oregon	Eugene	90	$45,590	0.5
Oregon	Medford	30	$44,980	0.3
Oregon	Portland	610	$48,360	0.5
Oregon	Salem	40		0.2
Pennsylvania	Allentown	420	$41,760	1
Pennsylvania	Altoona	60	$34,370	0.9
Pennsylvania	Erie	180	$40,860	1.2
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	440	$43,280	1.1
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	40	$60,010	0.6
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	220	$40,730	0.8
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	40	$51,840	0.8
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	4,140	$51,970	1.8
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,830	$44,890	1.3
Pennsylvania	Reading	230	$45,290	1.2
Pennsylvania	Scranton	260	$46,600	0.8
Pennsylvania	State College	120	$52,180	2
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	40	$34,210	0.7
Pennsylvania	York	190	$42,220	0.9
Rhode Island	Providence	300	$55,070	0.4
South Carolina	Charleston	410	$63,780	1.2
South Carolina	Columbia	520	$38,520	1.2
South Carolina	Florence	100	$42,020	1.1
South Carolina	Greenville	520	$65,470	1.4
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	950	$40,980	6.9
South Carolina	Spartanburg	40	$47,390	0.3
South Carolina	Sumter	50	$28,470	1.4
South Dakota	Rapid City	60	$40,260	0.9
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	90	$45,530	0.6
Tennessee	Chattanooga	180	$53,800	0.6
Tennessee	Clarksville	60	$33,630	0.7
Tennessee	Kingsport	50	$36,990	0.4
Tennessee	Knoxville	140		0.3
Tennessee	Memphis	470	$38,320	0.6
Tennessee	Nashville	590	$46,590	0.6
Texas	Amarillo	80	$49,560	0.7
Texas	Austin	1,280	$46,830	1.4
Texas	Beaumont	160		0.9
Texas	Brownsville	60	$37,700	0.4
Texas	College Station	130	$36,200	1.5
Texas	Corpus Christi	190	$30,770	0.9
Texas	Dallas	5,050	$61,150	1.9
Texas	El Paso	560	$47,450	1.8
Texas	Fort Worth	1,540	$56,280	1.4
Texas	Houston	5,700	$47,500	1.8
Texas	Killeen	190	$40,540	1.4
Texas	Laredo	120		1.3
Texas	Longview	50		0.5
Texas	Lubbock	180	$24,390	1.3
Texas	Midland	130	$59,910	1.8
Texas	Odessa	80	$27,470	1.3
Texas	San Antonio	1,180	$51,000	1.1
Texas	Tyler	120	$40,180	1.2
Texas	Wichita Falls	60	$59,540	1
Utah	Ogden	360	$35,110	1.5
Utah	Provo	110	$45,670	0.6
Utah	Salt Lake City	980	$66,630	1.3
Utah	St George	190	$49,840	3.6
Virginia	Blacksburg	230	$30,620	3.4
Virginia	Charlottesville	200	$41,410	1.9
Virginia	Danville	60	$29,170	1.7
Virginia	Harrisonburg	110	$31,530	1.9
Virginia	Lynchburg	200		1.7
Virginia	Richmond	1,800	$55,450	2.4
Virginia	Roanoke	310	$42,280	1.7
Virginia	Virginia Beach	3,030	$49,730	3.2
Virginia	Winchester	90	$47,950	1.6
Washington	Olympia	40	$47,900	0.4
Washington	Seattle	1,610	$48,430	0.9
Washington	Spokane	50	$46,220	0.2
Washington	Tacoma	160	$38,580	0.5
West Virginia	Charleston	320	$37,470	1.9
West Virginia	Huntington	100	$48,370	0.8
West Virginia	Morgantown	50		1
West Virginia	Parkersburg	40	$52,130	0.5
West Virginia	Wheeling	40	$44,420	0.6
Wisconsin	Green Bay	180	$71,640	0.9
Wisconsin	La Crosse	30	$55,520	0.4
Wisconsin	Madison	170	$54,090	0.4
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	450	$40,940	0.4
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	30	$28,590	0.3
Wyoming	Casper	50	$35,110	1.3

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