Real estate

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population
2.6M
2023
Average Employee Age
46
2023
Estimated Job Growth
4.01%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$79,455
2023
Average Male Salary
$90,459
2023
Average Female Salary
$66,903
2023

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The top three occupations in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector are real estate brokers & sales agents, property, real estate, & community association managers, and janitors & building cleaners. On average, full-time employees in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector work 43.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $89,018. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $39,109.

The workforce of Real estate Industry Sub-Sector in 2023 was 2,601,561 people, with 46.7% woman, and 53.3% men.

In 2023, 68.6% of the workforce in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector was White (1,785,850 people), of which 47.3% were women and 52.7% men.

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Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Real estate Industry Sub-Sector was 2,601,561 people and is concentrated in California (325,489 workers). The average annual salary was $79,455, being $11,728 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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4.01%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.39M people employed in the Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry. This represents a 4.01% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (325k), Florida (245k), and Texas (242k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Real estate Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $79,455, $11,728 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.489
WAGE GINI

Real estate has a wage GINI of 0.489, which is more than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Real estate (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Real estate Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector.

Real estate brokers & sales agents are the most common position with 658,101 workers, but the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Property, real estate, & community association managers and Janitors & building cleaners.

The highest average salary in Real estate goes to Economists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were real estate brokers & sales agents (658,101 people), property, real estate, & community association managers (469,235 people), and janitors & building cleaners (123,569 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$90,459
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,364
$66,903
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,703

On average, Male workers in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector make 1.35 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector.

The Real estate Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry.

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Real estate is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.

Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Real estate is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Information

The Real estate Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Real estate is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Transportation and warehousing

The Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. California
    65,433
  2. Florida
    47,102
  3. Texas
    37,714

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Real estate industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Real estate Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 46.7% corresponds to women and 53.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $90,459 and $66,903.

75% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

1,215,277
Women
46.7%
1,386,284
Men
53.3%

The workforce of Real estate industry in 2023 was 2,601,561 people, with 46.7% woman, and 53.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Real estate industry.

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Races

In 2023, 68.6% of the workforce in the Real estate industry was White (1,785,850 people), of which 47.3% were women and 52.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Real estate workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (777,403 people), some college (608,140 people), and high school or equivalent (565,551 people).

The chart shows the Real estate workforce by gender and educational level.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.01% in the next ten years. The Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.01%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.4%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Real Estate and Rental and Leasing.
4.01%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
4.01%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.01%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Real Estate and Rental and Leasing.
22.4%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry.

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