The annual salary statistics of real estate brokers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of real estate brokers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $47,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,600 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,530 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $123,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $171,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for real estate brokers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $171,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of real estate brokers from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $77,530 | 16.08% | 34.13% |
| 2020 | $65,060 | 4.15% | - |
| 2019 | $62,360 | 10.31% | - |
| 2018 | $55,930 | 10.41% | - |
| 2017 | $50,110 | -3.59% | - |
| 2016 | $51,910 | 2.16% | - |
| 2015 | $50,790 | -0.35% | - |
| 2014 | $50,970 | -11.65% | - |
| 2013 | $56,910 | 10.26% | - |
| 2012 | $51,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,530 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for real estate brokers in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of real estate brokers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 34.4 percent (34.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Greenville-Mauldin-Easley and 74.3 percent (74.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Augusta-Richmond County.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | |
| Spartanburg | |
| Columbia | |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway | |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | |
| Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Florence | |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort | |
| Augusta-Richmond County |