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Real Estate Brokers · SOC 41-9021

Real Estate Brokers Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$87,670
Median hourly wage$42.15

Real Estate Brokers in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $87,670 per year ($42.15 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $56,320 at the 10th percentile to $174,740 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Real Estate Brokers in the Washington metro area earn more than $87,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,320 and $136,490.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$56,320$56,320$87,670$136,490$174,740
Hourly$27.08$27.08$42.15$65.62$84.01

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $87,670
  • United Statesnational
    $73,220

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$40,630$83,193$125,757$168,320Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $40,630Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $41,220Ames, IA — $41,440Springfield, MO — $42,260Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,250Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $45,590Reading, PA — $45,820Sebring, FL — $46,280Salem, OR — $47,110Oklahoma City, OK — $47,690Killeen-Temple, TX — $47,870Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,880Charleston, WV — $50,310Jefferson City, MO — $51,830Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $52,570El Paso, TX — $54,220Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $54,970Columbia, MO — $55,230Tucson, AZ — $56,050Joplin, MO-KS — $57,020Wilmington, NC — $57,850Knoxville, TN — $58,280Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,340Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $58,760St. Joseph, MO-KS — $58,760Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,160Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,850Columbus, OH — $61,880Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,890Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,350Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,070St. Louis, MO-IL — $63,210Portland-South Portland, ME — $63,680Pittsburgh, PA — $64,120Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $64,490Port St. Lucie, FL — $64,680Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $65,930Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $65,960Madison, WI — $66,680Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $67,220Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $67,320Wichita, KS — $69,990Ann Arbor, MI — $70,080Kansas City, MO-KS — $70,770Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $70,800Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $71,300Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $71,460Urban Honolulu, HI — $72,590Flagstaff, AZ — $72,800Evansville, IN — $72,980Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $74,260Bend, OR — $74,950Richmond, VA — $75,300Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $75,330Columbus, IN — $75,920Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $77,200Bozeman, MT — $77,350Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $78,050Cleveland, OH — $78,330Raleigh-Cary, NC — $78,840Anchorage, AK — $79,080Albuquerque, NM — $80,340San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,450Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $81,550Corvallis, OR — $82,280Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $82,490Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $82,790Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $83,680Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $83,690Eugene-Springfield, OR — $83,860Harrisonburg, VA — $84,590Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $85,600Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $86,290Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $87,670Medford, OR — $88,760Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $89,150Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $91,770Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $92,830Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $94,990Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $95,320San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $98,950Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $99,020Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $103,070Boise City, ID — $104,780Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $124,210Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $168,320

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 13th-highest published median for this occupation among the 86 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Retail Salespersons$36,610Cashiers$35,470Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$78,110First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$50,530Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$64,300Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$74,730

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.