Real Estate Sales Agents build negotiation, service orientation and social perceptiveness 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 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (92%).
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 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 92% | $69,990 | +32% | None |
| 2 | Advertising Sales Agents | 78% | $64,820 | +23% | Certificate or associate |
| 3 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 77% | $50,080 | −5% | None |
| 4 | New Accounts Clerks | 77% | $47,670 | −10% | Certificate or associate |
| 5 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | 76% | $96,660 | +83% | None |
| 6 | Gambling Managers | 76% | $93,220 | +76% | None |
| 7 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 76% | $48,520 | −8% | None |
| 8 | Bill and Account Collectors | 76% | $47,030 | −11% | None |
| 9 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 76% | $50,020 | −5% | Certificate or associate |
| 10 | Customer Service Representatives | 75% | $44,770 | −15% | None |
Compared with Real Estate Sales Agents, median $52,830. 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 sales agents (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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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.
92% skill match · $69,990 · +32% pay
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
78% skill match · $64,820 · +23% pay
Operations Analysis · Persuasion · Systems Analysis
77% skill match · $50,080 · −5% pay
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (92% skill match, median $69,990), Advertising Sales Agents (78% skill match, median $64,820) and Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks (77% skill match, median $50,080), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 8 pay more than real estate sales agents at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+83%, $96,660), Gambling Managers (+76%, $93,220) and Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (+49%, $78,660).
17 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.