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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.
What a real estate sales agent does
Become a real estate sales agent
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good real estate sales agent
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Bringing people together to solve differences.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $55 per hour with an average salary of $72,100 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $26 and $48 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $13,000 and $68,500 per year.
- 39% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $36 per hour with an average salary of $31,700 per year.
Real Estate Sales Agent job outlook
- There are 4,953 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 2,761 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 22% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.