Real Estate Broker resume

What the work involves, what it pays, and grounded tasks, skills, tools, and experience you can choose from.

Also called broker, broker associate, buyer broker and designated broker.

$73,220: Median pay a year
46,100: People do this work
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Obtaining property information
Appraising property values
Reviewing sales accuracy
Reviewing laws and regulations
Contracting real estate
Monitoring market conditions
Assessing environmental compliance
Creating visual displays
Entering information
Preparing sales contracts
Helping clients access services
Negotiating prices and terms

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Real Estate Broker

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Summary

Real estate broker overseeing transactions, managing office operations, and facilitating sales and rentals while negotiating agreements and maintaining market knowledge

Experience

Real Estate Broker

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year

Sold real estate owned by others for a fee
Obtained agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms
Acted as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details
Generated lists of properties for sale, their locations, descriptions, and available financing options using computers
Managed real estate offices, handling associated business details
Compared properties with similar recently sold properties to determine competitive market prices
Maintained knowledge of real estate law, local economies, and financing options

Skills

Core Skills: Obtaining property information, Monitoring market conditions, Contracting real estate
Checking & Planning: Appraising property values, Reviewing sales accuracy, Reviewing laws and regulations, Assessing environmental compliance, Creating visual displays
Technical Skills: Entering information, Preparing sales contracts

Open to

On site, Remote

Education

Bachelor's Degree
Your college, Year

Certifications & Licenses

State license for this work
Your state board, Year

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What to put on a Real Estate Broker resume

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Sold properties on behalf of clients, facilitating successful transactions and ensuring client satisfaction.
Acted as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, communicating terms and conditions.

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Add how many properties you sold or helped close.

The line

Sold several properties each month on behalf of clients, ensuring successful transactions and client satisfaction

Add how many properties you sold or helped close.

Pick one that fits

Several each monthA few every week

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Mention what improved in negotiations because of your role.

The line

Acted as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, communicating terms and conditions.

Mention what improved in negotiations because of your role.

Pick one that fits

Deals closed fasterConflicts resolved more easilyTerms agreed upon smoothly

Adding it to the line…

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The work itself

What a Real Estate Broker does

The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.

Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.

What it pays

How much does a Real Estate Broker make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile	$46,480
Median	$73,220
75th percentile	$103,360

About 46,100 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state

State	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile
AK	$46,250	$65,820	$100,360
AL	$75,260	$82,630	$82,630
AR	$36,430	$73,800	$83,680
AZ	$52,040	$74,260	$74,260
CA	$41,600	$80,450	$108,690
CO	$55,750	$79,970	$100,310
CT	$100,240	$105,800	$109,260
DE	$60,450	$68,690	$72,240
FL	$48,310	$66,010	$116,100
HI	$49,200	$74,310	$88,820
IA	$30,930	$50,140	$81,320
ID	$57,460	$57,660	$99,650
IL	$51,590	$62,540	$105,670
IN	$43,280	$75,000	$128,110
KS	$44,670	$69,990	$76,520
MD	$56,320	$81,550	$125,860
ME	$40,630	$55,280	$105,260
MI	$64,680	$82,510	$111,770
MN	$39,660	$39,850	$92,770
MO	$42,260	$62,280	$80,280
MS	$33,340	$41,690	$86,640
MT	$37,360	$63,240	$88,760
NC	$46,050	$52,830	$74,010
ND	$73,300	$73,300	$73,300
NH	$47,720	$51,490	$76,600
NJ	$100,500	$111,390	$111,390
NM	$63,670	$80,340	$139,700
OH	$59,280	$64,510	$97,410
OR	$49,300	$63,070	$83,540
TN	$36,620	$60,150	$72,660
TX	$42,550	$63,390	$85,660
UT	$79,070	$92,830	$105,670
VA	$55,430	$77,270	$127,260
VT	$66,180	$76,920	$87,710
WA	$82,790	$82,790	$96,440
WV	$47,670	$58,960	$96,390

Other names

Other names for this job

broker, broker associate, buyer broker, designated broker, licensed real estate broker, managing broker, property broker, real estate broker associate, buyers agent, closing agent, contract specialist, dealer.

More names for this work

lease administration analyst, lease analyst, lease coordinator, leasing professional, leasing specialist, loan specialist, occupancy specialist, real estate and rental industry specialist, real estate associate, real estate closer, real estate portfolio manager, real estate rep, real estate representative, real estate sales associate, real estate salesperson, real estate specialist, real estate transaction coordinator, realtor, realty loan specialist, realty specialist, rental coordinator, rental industry specialist, territory sales professional.

What you can already claim

What you can already claim as a Real Estate Broker

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You can already claim 4 of the 9 tasks this job is made of.

What you have not done yet. Contracting real estate, Monitoring market conditions, Assessing environmental compliance

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Real Estate Broker

Obtaining property information
Appraising property values
Reviewing sales accuracy
Reviewing laws and regulations

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Where these numbers come from

This page is about the occupation Real Estate Brokers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.