Industry · NAICS 5312

Real estate agents and brokers

The United States has 163,894 employer establishments in real estate agents and brokers (4.9 per 10,000 residents), employing 395,264 people at an average annual pay of $79,090, plus 819,954 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
163,894
819,954 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
4.9
Paid employees
395,264
Average annual pay
$79,090

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Real estate agents and brokers by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Beckley, WV111,564715,9380.60.13×13$45,692116
2Sunbury, PA108,107912,0120.80.17×11$47,54594
3Johnstown, PA130,5901111,8720.80.17×24$72,91792
4Salem, OH100,060911,1180.90.18×29$35,310120
5Lumberton, NC118,0051110,7280.90.19×41$31,04978
6Vineland, NJ154,4971510,30010.20×35$67,714266
7Pottsville, PA143,8921410,27810.20×24$47,083137
8Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH368,3273610,23110.20×79$36,228406
9Altoona, PA120,3601210,03010.20×32$30,375123
10Erie, PA267,628279,91210.21×71$44,648316
11Odessa, TX165,946179,76210.21×43$58,581209
12Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680129,4731.10.22×23$39,435102
13Bay City, MI102,693119,3361.10.22×38$61,868150
14Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI176,299199,2791.10.22×42$41,976306
15Amherst Town-Northampton, MA165,217189,1791.10.22×63$57,952309
16Monroe, MI155,563179,1511.10.22×33$49,636300
17Ottawa, IL146,200169,1381.10.22×31$26,290179
18Saginaw, MI187,758228,5341.20.24×55$51,345244
19Danville, VA101,712128,4761.20.24×31$40,29092
20Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX397,475478,4571.20.24×133$70,060528
21Glens Falls, NY125,519158,3681.20.25×75$50,053254
22Hermitage, PA108,556138,3501.20.25×23$46,609111
23Battle Creek, MI133,331168,3331.20.25×101$51,307170
24Laredo, TX271,942338,2411.20.25×77$40,299382
25Gadsden, AL103,227137,9411.30.26×34$20,353173

1–25 of 396 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $68.8M on contracts under NAICS 5312 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (629 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Topeka, KS$35.9M52%
    1 award
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$13.5M20%
    90 awards
  3. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$11.5M17%
    3 awards
  4. Bakersfield-Delano, CA$6M8.7%
    2 awards
  5. Urban Honolulu, HI$568.6K0.8%
    6 awards
  6. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$393.2K0.6%
    8 awards
  7. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$330.1K0.5%
    9 awards
  8. Rochester, NY$289.4K0.4%
    2 awards
  9. Colorado Springs, CO$257.2K0.4%
    4 awards
  10. Amarillo, TX$246.8K0.4%
    2 awards

Counties

  1. Jackson County, KS$35.9M52%
    1 award
  2. Prince William County, VA$12.4M18%
    6 awards
  3. San Diego County, CA$11.5M17%
    3 awards
  4. Kern County, CA$6M8.7%
    2 awards
  5. Loudoun County, VA$720.9K1.0%
    6 awards
  6. Honolulu County, HI$568.6K0.8%
    6 awards
  7. Bexar County, TX$346.4K0.5%
    7 awards
  8. Monroe County, NY$289.4K0.4%
    2 awards
  9. El Paso County, CO$257.2K0.4%
    4 awards
  10. Fairfax County, VA$255.4K0.4%
    68 awards

Cities and towns

  1. San Diego city, CA$5.9M8.5%
    3 awards
  2. Lake Ridge CDP, VA$5.8M8.5%
    5 awards
  3. Potomac Mills CDP, VA$2.5M3.6%
    6 awards
  4. North Edwards CDP, CA$1.4M2.1%
    1 award
  5. County Center CDP, VA$1.2M1.7%
    6 awards
  6. Edwards AFB CDP, CA$864K1.3%
    1 award
  7. Holton city, KS$615.1K0.9%
    1 award
  8. Sterling CDP, VA$479.6K0.7%
    6 awards
  9. Chula Vista city, CA$402.9K0.6%
    1 award
  10. Chicago city, IL$200K0.3%
    6 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)