Real Estate Sales Agents
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.
193,370 people do this job in the US. $52,830 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 40%
- 21%
- 39%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 29%. Today's estimate: 33%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 33 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promote sales of properties through advertisements, open houses, and participation in multiple listing services.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 15% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Review property listings, trade journals, and relevant literature, and attend conventions, seminars, and staff and association meetings, to remain knowledgeable about real estate markets.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | 90%Half by now | |
| Contact property owners and advertise services to solicit property sales listings.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Solicit and compile listings of available rental properties.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| 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.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the homes they are visiting.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Locate and appraise undeveloped areas for building sites, based on evaluations of area market conditions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.5 h | 91%Half by now | |
| Generate lists of properties that are compatible with buyers' needs and financial resources.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | 98%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Real Estate Brokers28% now, 45% by 2028
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers32% now, 58% by 2028
- Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate59% now, 84% by 2028
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents59% now, 87% by 2028
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel69% now, 88% by 2028
- Appraisers of Personal and Business Property48% now, 75% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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