Real Estate Agent Salary in Massachusetts (2026)
The average Real Estate Agent in Massachusetts earns around $78,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $60,023/year ($5,002/month).
Take-Home Pay Breakdown
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
Annual Take-Home Pay | $60,023 |
Monthly Take-Home Pay | $5,002 |
Biweekly Take-Home Pay | $2,309 |
Hourly Take-Home Pay based on 2,080 hrs/year | $29/hr |
Federal Tax | $8,330 |
State Tax | $3,680 |
FICA Taxes | $5,967 |
Effective Tax Rate total taxes ÷ gross salary | 23.05% |
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Real Estate Agent Salary Ranges in Massachusetts
Not all Real Estate Agents earn the same — not even close
Massachusetts's real estate agent market is dominated by Boston metro + Cambridge (one of the country's highest per-capita HNW concentrations driven by biotech + finance + academic medical), the affluent western suburbs (Newton + Wellesley + Weston + Brookline + Lexington + Concord), Cape Cod second-home + retirement luxury, plus Western MA college-town markets (Amherst + Northampton). Major brokerages include Coldwell Banker Realty (Boston metro market leader), Compass MA, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commonwealth Realty, William Raveis, plus boutique luxury firms Hammond Residential and Robb Cohen Realty Group.
Senior Luxury Agent / Team Lead
$235,000–$785,000+ commission
Wellesley + Newton + Weston + Brookline luxury · Coldwell Banker · Compass · Hammond · $5M+ residential
Senior Commercial Broker (CRE)
$185,000–$525,000+ commission
CBRE Boston · JLL · Cushman Wakefield · industrial + office + life science lab CRE specialty premium
Top-Producer Residential Agent
$135,000–$345,000 commission
8-12 years · 25-40 transactions/year · established sphere in Newton/Wellesley/Brookline/Cambridge
Senior Residential Agent (5-8 yrs)
$92,000–$215,000 commission
Mid-career · 15-25 transactions/year · transitioning from new agent to top-producer
New Residential Agent (0-3 yrs)
$32,000–$95,000 commission
High churn band · 60% of new agents leave by year 3 · sphere development + lead-gen phase
Cape Cod Waterfront Specialist
$115,000–$345,000 commission
Falmouth + Chatham + Nantucket + Martha's Vineyard waterfront · second-home + retirement luxury
Senior Life Science Lab CRE Specialist
$175,000–$485,000+ commission
Cambridge biotech lab CRE · Kendall Square + 128 belt life science campus · specialty-leasing premium
Property Manager (Senior, Commercial)
$105,000–$185,000
JLL + CBRE + Colliers property management · Boston CRE management · CPM credential
Property Manager (Residential / Multifamily)
$65,000–$108,000
Multifamily + SFR rental management · Boston student housing (~250K students) property mgmt
Senior Branch Manager / Broker-Owner
$215,000–$525,000
Branch revenue share + management override · suburban Boston branch ownership
Worth knowing: Massachusetts's residential real estate is among the highest-priced US suburban markets. Newton (one of the wealthiest large MA municipalities, ~88K population, median home price ~$1.4M as of 2026) plus Wellesley (~$1.6M median single-family) plus Weston (~$2M+ median, the wealthiest MA town) plus Brookline + Cambridge + Belmont create one of the country's strongest senior luxury agent markets — top luxury agents at Coldwell Banker + Compass + Hammond Residential clear $300K-$700K+ commission. The Cambridge biotech lab CRE specialty is among the country's highest-comp commercial real estate niches — Kendall Square lab space sustains $100-150+/sf NNN rents (among the highest US commercial rents), and senior life science CRE brokers at JLL + CBRE + Cushman Wakefield clear $175-485K+ commission with specialty-leasing premium. The Cape Cod waterfront market (Falmouth + Chatham + Martha's Vineyard + Nantucket) sustains $5-25M+ luxury residential pricing with substantial second-home + retirement migration from Boston metro + NYC + CT. Boston student housing (~250K college students within Boston metro across BU + BC + Northeastern + MIT + Harvard + Tufts + many smaller institutions) drives substantial multifamily property management demand. The MA Fair Share Amendment 4% surtax above $1.117M catches top-producer luxury agents in strong years — combined top effective 9% on commission income above the threshold. The $2M estate tax exemption (raised from $1M by HB 4104 of Oct 2023, still among the lowest US) drives meaningful HNW NH/FL relocation patterns.
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