Real Estate Brokers Salary — Charleston, West Virginia

The average Real Estate Brokers in Charleston, West Virginia earns $56,710 a year.

$56,710 / year, mean
↓ 29.9% below national average 100th percentile in West Virginia

Charleston sits at the very top of the range for this role in West Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's well below the national average for real estate brokers — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This estimate comes from a smaller sample than most cities in this dataset — treat the exact figure with a bit more caution.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 23.3%
Cost of living 89 #171 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $148,817 #184 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,089 #175 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charleston ranks #171 for cost of living and #184 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Los Angeles $115,770 Harrisonburg $110,910 Bakersfield $106,620 San Diego $104,650 Baltimore $104,050 Indianapolis $99,160 Richmond $97,680 Oxnard $95,390 San Antonio $91,930 Seattle $91,510 Orlando $89,790 Miami $88,180 Riverside $87,510 Eugene $87,100 Lansing $87,070 Ann Arbor $87,020 Detroit $86,500 Dallas $84,730 Virginia Beach $84,650 Atlantic City $83,550 Evansville $83,300 Chicago $82,190 Grand Rapids $81,500 Corvallis $81,360 Columbus $80,580 Crestview $79,400 Port St. Lucie $77,770 Pittsburgh $77,440 Austin $76,330 Bend $75,890 Medford $74,150 Lakeland $70,480 Houston $67,300 Portland $66,920 Sebring $65,980 Pensacola $64,090 Salem $63,420 El Paso $62,010 Killeen $58,300 Charleston $56,710 Reading $56,150
CityMean salaryvs. Charleston
Ann Arbor, Michigan$87,020+53.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$83,550+47.3%
Austin, Texas$76,330+34.6%
Bakersfield, California$106,620+88.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$104,050+83.5%
Bend, Oregon$75,890+33.8%
Chicago, Illinois$82,190+44.9%
Columbus, Indiana$80,580+42.1%
Corvallis, Oregon$81,360+43.5%
Crestview, Florida$79,400+40.0%
Dallas, Texas$84,730+49.4%
Detroit, Michigan$86,500+52.5%
El Paso, Texas$62,010+9.3%
Eugene, Oregon$87,100+53.6%
Evansville, Indiana$83,300+46.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$81,500+43.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$110,910+95.6%
Houston, Texas$67,300+18.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$99,160+74.9%
Killeen, Texas$58,300+2.8%
Lakeland, Florida$70,480+24.3%
Lansing, Michigan$87,070+53.5%
Los Angeles, California$115,770+104.1%
Medford, Oregon$74,150+30.8%
Miami, Florida$88,180+55.5%
Orlando, Florida$89,790+58.3%
Oxnard, California$95,390+68.2%
Pensacola, Florida$64,090+13.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$77,440+36.6%
Portland, Oregon$66,920+18.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$77,770+37.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$56,150-1.0%
Richmond, Virginia$97,680+72.2%
Riverside, California$87,510+54.3%
Salem, Oregon$63,420+11.8%
San Antonio, Texas$91,930+62.1%
San Diego, California$104,650+84.5%
Seattle, Washington$91,510+61.4%
Sebring, Florida$65,980+16.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$84,650+49.3%
Gross salary
56,710/yr
Estimated take-home
46,019/yr
Est. total withheld
18.9%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 41-9021 SOC code
Official area Charleston, WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
207,456