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Highest Paying Industries for Real Estate Brokers

The top 36 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $133,230, securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities is the highest paying industry for real estate brokers. It is followed by residential building construction industry (average annual salary $98,540). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of real estate brokers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 36 Highest Paying Industries for Real Estate Brokers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$133,230	$35,440	30
2	Residential Building Construction	$98,540	$43,610	160
3	Construction of Buildings	$98,540	$44,090	170
4	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$85,970	$27,950	280
5	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$85,300	$28,150	290
6	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$85,300	$28,150	290
7	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$84,390	$31,260	380
8	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$84,390	$31,260	380
9	Construction	$79,970	$32,520	590
10	Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	$78,280	$49,210	n/a
11	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$71,770	$51,370	40
12	Educational Services	$71,600	$46,230	50
13	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$70,630	$51,060	40
14	Educational Services - State government owned	$70,630	$51,060	40
15	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$64,930	$20,080	870
16	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$62,950	$18,810	410
17	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$62,930	$25,760	420
18	Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	$62,030	$22,730	22,220
19	Finance and Insurance	$59,810	$26,080	1,650
20	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$58,260	$42,920	n/a
21	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$57,800	$40,520	250
22	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$57,610	$40,990	250
23	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$56,600	$23,780	33,890
24	Real Estate	$56,560	$23,790	33,830
25	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$55,260	$39,010	480
26	Insurance Carriers	$54,530	$29,250	n/a
27	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$54,500	$29,280	n/a
28	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$54,120	$39,010	430
29	Federal, State, and Local Government	$54,120	$39,010	430
30	State government, including schools and hospitals	$50,420	$39,010	220
31	Mining	$48,250	$28,950	260
32	Lessors of Real Estate	$48,190	$24,680	3,980
33	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$47,280	$39,000	190
34	Oil and Gas Extraction	$46,200	$28,770	250
35	Activities Related to Real Estate	$46,090	$25,410	7,630
36	Depository Credit Intermediation	$41,330	$25,270	80