Highest-paying Cities for Real Estate Brokers

The top 100 highest paying cities for real estate brokers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of real estate brokers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $196,800, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut is the highest paying city for real estate brokers. It is followed by Port St Lucie, Florida (average annual salary $182,060). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of real estate brokers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Real Estate Brokers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$196,800	$50,140	50
2	Port St Lucie, Florida	$182,060	$46,060	80
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$163,180	$51,450	180
4	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$163,130	$61,600	n/a
5	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$150,060	$46,730	30
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$129,720	$106,830	30
7	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$129,290	$57,960	370
8	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$125,360	$41,290	60
9	Akron, Ohio	$124,680	$47,040	n/a
10	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$124,410	$52,440	90
11	Honolulu, Hawaii	$120,160	$73,610	230
12	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$118,100	$47,460	250
13	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$117,380	$44,310	40
14	Columbia, South Carolina	$115,210	$43,490	110
15	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$112,120	$40,760	50
16	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$111,960	$52,430	140
17	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$110,670	$18,700	110
18	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$107,350	$38,990	n/a
19	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$107,140	$41,030	130
20	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$107,100	$52,690	70
21	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$106,270	$38,580	240
22	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$106,180	$30,330	n/a
23	Manchester, New Hampshire	$104,920	$66,460	40
24	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$103,130	$77,750	730
25	Jackson, Mississippi	$102,650	$54,390	150
26	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$102,140	$37,800	330
27	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$101,770	$38,370	30
28	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$101,280	$48,260	2,440
29	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$100,160	$35,040	1,880
30	Punta Gorda, Florida	$99,990	$42,130	30
31	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$98,400	$38,380	60
32	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$97,910	$67,720	60
33	Salinas, California	$97,680	$65,970	50
34	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$97,630	$23,210	50
35	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$97,560	$53,210	690
36	Ocean City, New Jersey	$97,520	$84,180	40
37	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$96,420	$45,500	50
38	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$95,570	$20,810	50
39	Corpus Christi, Texas	$95,160	$24,390	30
40	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$93,350	$58,590	50
41	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$93,320	$36,050	1,270
42	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$92,560	$31,530	30
43	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$91,940	$55,400	60
44	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$91,140	$26,530	180
45	Olympia, Washington	$90,330	$55,200	50
46	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$88,790	$78,940	n/a
47	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$88,540	$59,990	340
48	Worcester, Massachusetts	$88,330	$45,170	50
49	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$88,230	$20,420	30
50	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$88,120	$63,070	1,060
51	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$87,070	$37,890	210
52	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$86,250	$48,710	60
53	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$85,300	$41,030	n/a
54	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$84,990	$23,720	130
55	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$84,780	$50,890	390
56	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$84,090	$26,020	1,190
57	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$82,950	$48,710	50
58	Greeley, Colorado	$82,940	$41,240	90
59	Madison, Wisconsin	$82,840	$49,100	70
60	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$81,950	$26,600	70
61	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$80,260	$30,180	n/a
62	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$80,220	$51,240	40
63	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$80,190	$38,210	1,330
64	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$80,020	$60,360	40
65	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$79,940	$47,310	50
66	Bend, Oregon	$79,700	$37,920	190
67	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$79,700	$48,460	60
68	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$79,660	$53,560	980
69	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$79,660	$33,320	310
70	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$79,520	$28,420	330
71	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$79,320	$30,010	30
72	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$79,180	$31,760	140
73	Mobile, Alabama	$78,710	$39,710	n/a
74	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$78,680	$33,430	510
75	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$78,590	$42,470	190
76	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,520	$68,400	600
77	Wichita, Kansas	$78,320	$21,960	90
78	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$78,010	$49,280	2,240
79	Asheville, North Carolina	$77,740	$55,290	110
80	Janesville, Wisconsin	$77,530	$47,690	30
81	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$77,530	$47,770	200
82	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$77,140	$36,230	330
83	Boulder, Colorado	$77,020	$48,320	330
84	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$76,900	$33,830	830
85	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$76,640	$40,550	100
86	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$76,480	$38,860	70
87	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$76,050	$58,930	490
88	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$76,020	$19,140	40
89	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$75,680	$41,910	530
90	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$75,190	$51,360	40
91	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$75,030	$29,240	40
92	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$74,630	$20,420	80
93	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$74,630	$45,270	2,010
94	St George, Utah	$74,480	$30,570	n/a
95	Springfield, Massachusetts	$74,310	$66,610	30
96	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$73,280	$73,280	940
97	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$73,280	$49,840	70
98	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$73,170	$28,040	60
99	Fresno, California	$72,980	$38,790	40
100	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$72,940	$37,630	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for real estate brokers.