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Real Estate Sales Agent Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

The annual salary statistics of real estate sales agents in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of real estate sales agents in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Real Estate Sales Agents in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$46,010
25th Percentile Wage
$50,560
50th Percentile Wage
$71,350
75th Percentile Wage
$109,170
90th Percentile Wage
$147,710

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for real estate sales agents in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $147,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $71,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,010.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of real estate sales agents from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$71,350
18.07% 50.43%
2021
$58,460
-1.51% -
2020
$59,340
-0.02% -
2019
$59,350
-37.30% -
2018
$81,490
21.03% -
2017
$64,350
-15.71% -
2016
$74,460
20.75% -
2015
$59,010
9.85% -
2014
$53,200
34.70% -
2013
$34,740
-1.81% -
2012
$35,370
- -

Table 2. Compare Real Estate Sales Agent Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $71,350 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for real estate sales agents in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of real estate sales agents in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 20.7 percent (20.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 59.2 percent (59.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$89,980
Yuba City
$82,430
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$71,350
Fresno
$70,030
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$68,630
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$64,440
Redding
$62,190
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$60,320
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$59,590
Vallejo-Fairfield
$59,500
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$59,000
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$58,930
Stockton
$58,640
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$58,230
Salinas
$58,180
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$57,200
Bakersfield-Delano
$56,350
Chico
$56,030
Modesto
$55,910
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$55,390
Napa
$52,550
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$51,190
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$50,680
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$49,980
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$48,620
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$48,550
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$48,440
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$48,180
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$47,300
Visalia-Porterville
$46,950
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$46,100
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$30,790
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$29,130

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