Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents

This post summarizes key statistics on Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	21,608
25	43,216
30	56,704
35	67,192
40	73,467
45	73,300
50	75,628
55	72,094
60	69,145
65	61,239

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	0.8
High School Degree	11.5
Some College, No Degree	25.2
Associate's Degree	9.9
Bachelor's Degree	40.4
Master's Degree	10.1
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	1.6
PhD	0.4

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	14.30
20-39	18.60
39-41	36.70
41-50	17.60
50-60	8.80
More than 60	3.90

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
97.30	61,795	Real estate, including real estate-insurance offices
0.50	86,432	All construction
0.20	61,239	Legal services
0.10	70,225	Services incidental to transportation
0.10	98,955	Electric light and power
0.10	107,507	Gas and steam supply systems
0.10	109,951	Eating and drinking places
0.10	70,857	Credit agencies, n.e.c.
0.10	43,216	Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies
0.10	73,715	Insurance

This table highlights the top industries people working as Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
47.40	No 4-Year Degree	51,495
5.50	General Business	86,189
5.10	Business Management and Administration	70,857
3.00	Marketing and Marketing Research	80,292
2.70	Communications	77,243
2.70	Finance	92,693
2.20	Psychology	73,300
2.00	Accounting	68,044
1.90	Economics	108,040
1.60	Political Science and Government	91,833

This table highlights the top majors people working as Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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