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Real Estate Brokers

Sales and Related · SOC 41-9021

26.1% AI Exposure — High
$73,220
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
10,100
Proj. Annual Openings
46,100
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+1.3%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
74/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 41-9021 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
26.1%
High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
51/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$73,220
H-1B offered wage $77,500; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
10,100
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.3%.
Observed/proxy demand
2
FY2025 certified LCAs; 15,194 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

SpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingActive Learning
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

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AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure26.1%
AI Resiliency74/100
Exposure BandHigh
Sector Avg. Exposure27.4%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

55.7%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic26.1%
AI capability · OpenAI50%
AI ability · AIOE91%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne97%

AI could do ~50% of this role but only ~26.1% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Speaking
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Active Listening
4.Critical Thinking
5.Active Learning

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

18
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
2
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$77,500
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#432 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

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.

Common titles: Broker, Broker Associate, Designated Broker, Managing Broker, Real Estate Associate, Real Estate Broker

Representative Tasks

  • Sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others.
  • Obtain agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms.
  • Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details and during the closing of sales.
  • Generate lists of properties for sale, their locations, descriptions, and available financing options, using computers.
  • Manage or operate real estate offices, handling associated business details.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Contract real estate to clients.
  • Prepare sales or other contracts.
  • Negotiate prices or other sales terms.
  • Supervise sales or support personnel.
  • Appraise property values.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Access · hotMicrosoft Excel · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotSalesforce software · hotYardi software · hotMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPropertywareReal Estate Assistant REAWeb browser softwareYardi Systems Yardi Voyager Commercial

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
25.5%
Avg AI Exposure
7
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 41-9021: 2019 — employment: 42,730, median wage: $59,720; 2020 — employment: 44,610, median wage: $60,370; 2021 — employment: 48,460, median wage: $62,010; 2022 — employment: 52,310, median wage: $62,190; 2023 — employment: 51,350, median wage: $63,060; 2025 — employment: 46,100, median wage: $73,220.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure26.1%27.4%
OutlookBright ↗35% Bright
Median Salary$73,220N/A
AI Resiliency74/100N/A