Real Estate Sales Agents · SOC 41-9022
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Real Estate Sales Agentss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for real estate sales agents. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (22 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 25 of 282 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $115,820 | Not published | Not published |
| 2 | Midland, TX | $109,760 | 340 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Reno, NV | $106,190 | 380 | 1.4 |
| 4 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $103,550 | 8,320 | 0.9 |
| 5 | Las Cruces, NM | $100,280 | 70 | 0.9 |
| 6 | Walla Walla, WA | $97,470 | 50 | 1.8 |
| 7 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $96,170 | Not published | Not published |
| 8 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $93,910 | Not published | Not published |
| 9 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $93,750 | 120 | 0.2 |
| 10 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $91,690 | 530 | 1.6 |
| 11 | Farmington, NM | $91,170 | 30 | 0.6 |
| 12 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $89,840 | 40 | 1.1 |
| 13 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $88,370 | Not published | Not published |
| 14 | Rochester, NY | $88,310 | 270 | 0.5 |
| 15 | Carson City, NV | $87,420 | 50 | 1.6 |
| 16 | Anchorage, AK | $86,380 | 100 | 0.6 |
| 17 | Redding, CA | $83,260 | 70 | 1.0 |
| 18 | Syracuse, NY | $82,520 | 120 | 0.4 |
| 19 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $82,500 | 180 | 1.4 |
| 20 | Billings, MT | $81,330 | Not published | Not published |
| 21 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $79,990 | 3,790 | 1.8 |
| 22 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $79,380 | Not published | Not published |
| 23 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $79,250 | 730 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Helena, MT | $79,100 | 30 | 0.7 |
| 25 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $78,160 | 3,250 | 1.0 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Real Estate Sales Agents overview.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.