Pay distribution $46,160 10th $59,800 25th $161,260 75th $171,220 90th
Half of Real Estate Sales Agents in the San Jose metro area earn more than $96,170 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,800 and $161,260.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $46,160 $59,800 $96,170 $161,260 $171,220 Hourly $22.19 $28.75 $46.24 $77.53 $82.32
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.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$96,170 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $59,800 to $161,260
$57,560 median for California; middle half earns $45,520 to $78,250
$52,830 median for United States; middle half earns $40,040 to $82,020
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +67% vs California overall and +82% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $25,730 $55,760 $85,790 $115,820 Terre Haute, IN — $25,730 Cedar Rapids, IA — $26,520 Springfield, MO — $30,360 Homosassa Springs, FL — $31,190 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $34,050 Hot Springs, AR — $35,530 Lawton, OK — $35,710 Wichita Falls, TX — $35,920 Joplin, MO-KS — $35,990 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $36,080 Pocatello, ID — $36,110 Johnson City, TN — $36,650 Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,660 Manhattan, KS — $37,000 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,120 Lawrence, KS — $37,740 Valdosta, GA — $37,760 Knoxville, TN — $37,820 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,080 Twin Falls, ID — $38,180 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $38,220 El Paso, TX — $38,280 Topeka, KS — $38,380 Longview, TX — $38,540 Columbia, MO — $38,620 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,640 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,710 Bowling Green, KY — $38,760 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $38,780 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $38,840 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $39,200 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $39,450 Hattiesburg, MS — $39,480 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,740 Boise City, ID — $39,820 Punta Gorda, FL — $40,270 Corpus Christi, TX — $40,700 Wichita, KS — $40,770 Albany, GA — $40,820 Amarillo, TX — $40,970 Laredo, TX — $41,110 Rocky Mount, NC — $41,530 Evansville, IN — $41,550 Lubbock, TX — $41,610 Columbus, OH — $41,970 Tallahassee, FL — $42,220 Wilmington, NC — $42,260 College Station-Bryan, TX — $42,630 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $42,670 St. Cloud, MN — $43,070 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $43,140 Toledo, OH — $43,220 Gainesville, GA — $43,310 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $43,570 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $43,600 Lafayette, LA — $43,610 Jonesboro, AR — $43,860 Tyler, TX — $43,890 Clarksville, TN-KY — $43,960 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $43,990 Duluth, MN-WI — $44,010 Springfield, IL — $44,030 Lake Charles, LA — $44,220 Cleveland, OH — $44,320 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $44,570 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,580 Gainesville, FL — $44,730 Jefferson City, MO — $44,740 Mankato, MN — $44,750 Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,780 Jackson, MS — $44,990 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,100 Idaho Falls, ID — $45,210 Alexandria, LA — $45,260 Bloomington, IL — $45,360 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,500 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,590 Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,620 Asheville, NC — $45,640 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,740 Odessa, TX — $45,750 Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,750 Sandusky, OH — $45,810 Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,860 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $45,930 State College, PA — $45,960 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $46,110 Winchester, VA-WV — $46,110 Victoria, TX — $46,190 Rapid City, SD — $46,270 New Haven, CT — $46,370 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,410 Dalton, GA — $46,430 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,490 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,500 Peoria, IL — $46,500 Monroe, LA — $46,530 Killeen-Temple, TX — $46,610 Dover, DE — $46,650 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $46,670 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,730 Waco, TX — $46,810 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,850 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,880 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $46,910 Tucson, AZ — $46,940 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,980 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,020 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,070 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,080 Visalia, CA — $47,110 Rochester, MN — $47,170 Sherman-Denison, TX — $47,200 Omaha, NE-IA — $47,240 Fayetteville, NC — $47,260 Erie, PA — $47,290 Harrisonburg, VA — $47,370 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $47,440 Wausau, WI — $47,440 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,450 Roanoke, VA — $47,450 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $47,530 Warner Robins, GA — $47,720 Abilene, TX — $47,790 Rockford, IL — $47,890 San Angelo, TX — $47,890 Logan, UT-ID — $47,900 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $48,220 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,240 Bloomington, IN — $48,300 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $48,340 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,350 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $48,360 Hinesville, GA — $48,450 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $48,530 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,540 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $48,540 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,810 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,190 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $49,250 York-Hanover, PA — $49,250 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,260 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $49,330 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $49,440 Columbia, SC — $49,480 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,480 Williamsport, PA — $49,720 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,750 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,970 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,130 Green Bay, WI — $50,280 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $50,660 Flagstaff, AZ — $50,770 Baton Rouge, LA — $50,920 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $51,130 Florence, SC — $51,230 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $51,390 Ogden, UT — $51,440 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $51,530 Lexington Park, MD — $51,570 Charleston, WV — $51,670 St. George, UT — $51,800 Reading, PA — $51,930 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $51,950 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $52,050 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $52,250 Lebanon, PA — $52,720 Chambersburg, PA — $52,740 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $52,990 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $53,870 Eau Claire, WI — $54,080 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $54,710 Kenosha, WI — $54,870 Lancaster, PA — $55,000 Medford, OR — $55,030 Pittsburgh, PA — $55,190 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $55,460 Savannah, GA — $55,580 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $55,800 Chico, CA — $56,710 Birmingham, AL — $56,920 Portland-South Portland, ME — $56,930 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $56,960 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,090 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $57,160 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $57,370 Cheyenne, WY — $57,470 Fond du Lac, WI — $57,730 Sheboygan, WI — $57,880 Lincoln, NE — $57,990 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $58,000 Tulsa, OK — $58,160 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,250 Fresno, CA — $58,270 Flint, MI — $58,400 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $58,540 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $58,580 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $58,890 Appleton, WI — $59,240 Yuma, AZ — $59,350 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $59,520 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $59,700 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $59,800 Lynchburg, VA — $59,880 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $59,970 Gettysburg, PA — $60,020 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $60,110 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,230 Traverse City, MI — $60,470 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,530 Modesto, CA — $60,620 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $60,890 Salisbury, MD — $61,430 Jacksonville, FL — $61,450 Salem, OR — $61,650 Montgomery, AL — $61,690 Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,770 Minot, ND — $61,780 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,790 Salinas, CA — $61,900 Altoona, PA — $61,910 Mobile, AL — $62,010 Bend, OR — $62,060 Albany, OR — $62,220 Madison, WI — $62,440 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $62,630 Fargo, ND-MN — $62,680 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $62,680 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $62,940 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $63,630 Vallejo, CA — $63,670 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,790 Albuquerque, NM — $63,810 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $63,880 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,930 Richmond, VA — $64,850 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $65,380 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $66,040 Utica-Rome, NY — $67,200 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $68,710 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $69,260 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $70,990 Bellingham, WA — $72,010 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $72,290 Yakima, WA — $72,520 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $72,990 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $73,540 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $73,560 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $73,790 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $73,920 Bismarck, ND — $74,720 Missoula, MT — $74,870 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $75,340 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $76,430 Greenville, NC — $76,500 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $76,820 Yuba City, CA — $77,440 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $78,160 Helena, MT — $79,100 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $79,250 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $79,380 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $79,990 Billings, MT — $81,330 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $82,500 Syracuse, NY — $82,520 Redding, CA — $83,260 Anchorage, AK — $86,380 Carson City, NV — $87,420 Rochester, NY — $88,310 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $88,370 Fairbanks-College, AK — $89,840 Farmington, NM — $91,170 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $91,690 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $93,750 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $93,910 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $96,170 Walla Walla, WA — $97,470 Las Cruces, NM — $100,280 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $103,550 Reno, NV — $106,190 Midland, TX — $109,760 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $115,820 San Jose metro area 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 San Jose metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 282 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”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for real estate sales agents, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$96,170 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $59,800 to $161,260
$115,820 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $60,370 to $115,870
$91,690 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $66,520 to $206,160
$88,370 median for San Luis Obispo metro area; middle half earns $58,930 to $99,470
$83,260 median for Redding metro area; middle half earns $55,300 to $106,920
$77,440 median for Yuba City metro area; middle half earns $60,650 to $103,780
$70,990 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $56,250 to $93,890
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Retail Salespersons $44,220 Cashiers $42,960 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel $116,510 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products $103,670 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers $61,710 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $100,030 Highest-paying metro areas for real estate sales agentss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
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 .