Real Estate Sales Agents
Marketing · Professional Sales
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $28,200; experienced workers reach $80,590. About 2,330 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +12.1%
- Openings a year
- 423
- Employed in 2024
- 4,258
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent · Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
1 program, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Active Listening4.0
- Speaking4.0
- Negotiation3.9
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Coordination3.6
- Persuasion4.1
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Service Orientation3.8
What the work is
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.
- Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
- 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.
- Interview clients to determine what kinds of properties they are seeking.
- Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
- Coordinate property closings, overseeing signing of documents and disbursement of funds.
- Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less52%
- Certificate24%
- Some college10%
- Associate degree5%
- Bachelor's degree5%
- Master's degree5%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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