Real Estate Brokers build negotiation, persuasion and judgment and decision making skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (88%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 88% | $78,660 | +7% | None |
| 2 | Loan Officers | 85% | $76,690 | +5% | None |
| 3 | Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers | 82% | $69,990 | −4% | None |
| 4 | Insurance Sales Agents | 82% | $62,280 | −15% | None |
| 5 | Sales Managers | 82% | $148,270 | +102% | None |
| 6 | Personal Financial Advisors | 78% | $105,070 | +43% | None |
| 7 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 77% | $104,920 | +43% | None |
| 8 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 76% | $72,080 | −2% | None |
| 9 | Fundraisers | 75% | $72,550 | −1% | None |
| 10 | Fundraising Managers | 75% | $125,470 | +71% | None |
Compared with Real Estate Brokers, median $73,220. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as real estate brokers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
Free and low-cost training: use the CareerOneStop training finder below.
A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
88% skill match · $78,660 · +7% pay
Systems Analysis · Systems Evaluation · Management of Financial Resources
85% skill match · $76,690 · +5% pay
Technology Design · Systems Analysis · Management of Material Resources
82% skill match · $69,990 · −4% pay
Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Management of Personnel Resources
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (88% skill match, median $78,660), Loan Officers (85% skill match, median $76,690) and Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers (82% skill match, median $69,990), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 15 pay more than real estate brokers at the median. The biggest increases: Marketing Managers (+128%, $166,790), Financial Managers (+127%, $166,570) and Sales Managers (+102%, $148,270).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.