Highest-paying Cities for Real Estate Sales Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for real estate sales agents (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 sales agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $116,770, Greeley, Colorado is the highest paying city for real estate sales agents. It is followed by Boulder, Colorado (average annual salary $107,130). 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 sales agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Greeley, Colorado	$116,770	$29,100	150
2	Boulder, Colorado	$107,130	$56,510	470
3	Midland, Texas	$95,100	$28,490	290
4	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$89,980	$43,540	360
5	Walla Walla, Washington	$87,300	$46,220	40
6	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$87,100	$53,830	170
7	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$87,050	$31,840	880
8	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$87,000	$39,200	11,860
9	Alexandria, Louisiana	$86,350	$26,320	60
10	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$86,170	$28,800	110
11	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$83,990	$32,140	3,920
12	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$83,560	$48,030	6,040
13	Yuba City, California	$82,430	$48,510	60
14	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$80,350	$29,000	180
15	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$79,440	$43,130	120
16	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$79,300	$19,820	120
17	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$78,740	$37,530	190
18	Worcester, Massachusetts	$78,570	$38,560	50
19	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$77,880	$28,240	30
20	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$77,590	$39,110	220
21	Farmington, New Mexico	$77,230	$33,830	70
22	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$76,740	$63,270	n/a
23	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,900	$58,660	1,130
24	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$75,690	$22,900	50
25	Pueblo, Colorado	$75,050	$31,240	40
26	Olympia, Washington	$74,590	$48,860	180
27	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$74,260	$35,840	140
28	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$74,040	$49,020	90
29	Fairbanks, Alaska	$73,820	$44,980	40
30	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$73,700	$36,150	1,120
31	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$73,410	$24,810	80
32	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	$72,130	$20,800	30
33	Montgomery, Alabama	$72,020	$24,400	100
34	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$71,800	$30,950	60
35	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$71,350	$46,010	2,580
36	Fresno, California	$70,030	$39,800	300
37	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$69,990	$35,720	50
38	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$69,490	$47,440	70
39	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$69,370	$49,160	40
40	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$69,310	$43,130	80
41	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$69,260	$49,330	30
42	Spokane, Washington	$69,260	$38,910	250
43	Prescott, Arizona	$68,800	$44,340	350
44	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$68,630	$43,880	340
45	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$68,630	$42,350	90
46	Huntsville, Alabama	$68,600	$25,670	280
47	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$68,230	$23,610	100
48	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$68,180	$31,290	80
49	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$68,020	$35,120	80
50	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,590	$56,600	40
51	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$67,530	$46,990	70
52	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,000	$52,640	30
53	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$66,910	$41,700	3,630
54	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$66,760	$35,350	310
55	Flint, Michigan	$66,660	$30,810	110
56	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$66,210	$38,670	40
57	Casper, Wyoming	$66,210	$24,090	40
58	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$66,160	$41,730	30
59	Anchorage, Alaska	$65,500	$45,480	140
60	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$65,260	$42,330	50
61	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$65,170	$48,160	n/a
62	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$64,860	$42,390	40
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$64,440	$32,360	5,720
64	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$64,280	$36,560	1,090
65	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$64,280	$33,510	1,210
66	Syracuse, New York	$64,140	$47,090	80
67	Gary, Indiana	$64,030	$19,840	230
68	Yakima, Washington	$64,010	$45,980	50
69	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$63,730	$26,010	30
70	Carson City, Nevada	$63,340	$33,890	50
71	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$63,290	$55,140	60
72	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$63,190	$35,410	80
73	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$63,180	$53,690	30
74	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$62,630	$35,140	340
75	Joplin, Missouri	$62,620	$29,350	110
76	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$62,450	$32,840	9,350
77	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$62,220	$36,390	50
78	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,190	$42,330	60
79	Redding, California	$62,190	$43,260	90
80	Richmond, Virginia	$62,080	$38,220	820
81	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$61,940	$36,600	2,970
82	Winchester, West Virginia	$61,760	$32,170	70
83	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$61,760	$39,170	70
84	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$61,580	$40,030	30
85	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$61,400	$37,950	40
86	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$61,220	$16,610	70
87	Flagstaff, Arizona	$61,000	$36,550	50
88	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$60,680	$37,870	60
89	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$60,650	$52,910	n/a
90	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$60,630	$40,030	80
91	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$60,520	$36,070	80
92	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$60,350	$19,160	70
93	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$60,350	$22,000	n/a
94	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$60,330	$45,830	110
95	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$60,320	$30,020	450
96	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$60,320	$32,420	1,000
97	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$60,200	$23,480	30
98	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$59,990	$29,640	170
99	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$59,990	$29,760	60
100	Springfield, Ohio	$59,890	$26,400	50

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