Real Estate Brokers
SOC 41-9021 · 2024-2034
Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $81,183per year
- Projected openings
- 16,590
- Projected change
- +6%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Negotiation
- Active Learning
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $109,082 | 100 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $87,629 | 50 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $87,507 | 90 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $84,122 | 150 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $81,758 | 4,730 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $81,748 | 2,760 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $77,619 | 280 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $66,024 | 80 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $65,390 | 830 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | Not reported | 30 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | Not reported | 110 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | Not reported | 170 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | Not reported | 20 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | Not reported | 160 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | Not reported | 20 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | Not reported | 180 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | Not reported | 480 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 1,970 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | Not reported | 490 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | Not reported | 110 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 50 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | Not reported | 60 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | Not reported | 40 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | Not reported | 80 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | Not reported | 110 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Sales Agents | $58,084 | 33,780 | +5.6% |
| Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers | $78,322 | 67,150 | +7.7% |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $80,456 | 41,030 | -1% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $110,940 | 34,410 | +7.4% |
| Loan Officers | $83,142 | 16,320 | -2.6% |
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