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Real Estate Sales Agents

Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.

Also called: Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Salesperson, Realtor, Realtor Associate

Median pay in Greater Boston
Not published
Jobs in Greater Boston
3,650
Massachusetts 2024–2034
Not published
Typical U.S. entry requirement
High school diploma or equivalent
plus Moderate-term on-the-job training

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
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10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
  • Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
  • Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates.
  • Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.
  • Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
  • Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure67 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 68
  • Language-model AIOE 66
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 66

Observed AI use today: Substantial (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure is higher for this job, and observed AI use is substantial. AI tools can help with drafting contracts, closing documents, and market summaries. Negotiating between buyers and sellers, walking clients through properties, and coordinating with lenders and inspectors rely on people and trust. Pay and job growth figures are not available for this job in the data used here.

Likely to change

  • Drafting contracts and closing documents
  • Summarizing market conditions and prices

Still relies on people

  • Negotiating between buyers and sellers
  • Guiding clients through big decisions

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

1 program near Boston (plus 2 graduate)

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