Career Explorer Sales
Changing shape
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.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 16% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +1.7% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $52,830
- Job growth to 2035
- +1.7%
- Openings a year
- 32,600
- People doing it (2025)
- 427,000
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then moderate on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise others on financial matters
- Promote products, services, or programs
- Gather information from physical or electronic sources
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Negotiate contracts or agreements
- Evaluate condition of financial assets, property, or other resources
- Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations
What the work looks like
- 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.
- Appraise properties to determine loan values.
- Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Salesperson, Realtor, Realtor Associate.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.