How likely is AI to replace Real Estate Brokers?

Published research puts Real Estate Brokers at 47 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the transitioning band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Real Estate Brokers?

Only partly. Individual estimates for Real Estate Brokers run from 29 to 59 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.

Which sales & marketing roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published sales & marketing roles to Real Estate Brokers by score are First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers (47/100), Cashiers (48/100), and Retail Salespersons (49/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

Occupation baseline · Research consensus

Will AI replace Real Estate Brokers?

Transitioning

Baseline AI displacement risk for Real Estate Brokers, aggregated from 6 research sources.

What this score means

Real Estate Brokers sits in the middle of the exposure range for Sales & Marketing. Routine parts of the job are starting to automate, but much of it still depends on judgment, relationships, and context that today's models handle poorly. At 47 out of 100 it scores 3 points below the Sales & Marketing average of 50. Across the 6 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 29 to 59, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Real Estate Brokers, most central first, showing 12 of 17.

01Sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others.
02Obtain agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms.
03Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details and during the closing of sales.
04Generate lists of properties for sale, their locations, descriptions, and available financing options, using computers.
05Manage or operate real estate offices, handling associated business details.
06Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
07Maintain knowledge of real estate law, local economies, fair housing laws, types of available mortgages, financing options, and government programs.
08Monitor fulfillment of purchase contract terms to ensure that they are handled in a timely manner.
09Check work completed by loan officers, attorneys, or other professionals to ensure that it is performed properly.
10Rent properties or manage rental properties.
11Maintain awareness of current income tax regulations, local zoning, building and tax laws, and growth possibilities of a property's area.
12Arrange for title searches of properties being sold.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 6 research sources that scored Real Estate Brokers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025International Labour Organization, Working Paper 140 (2025)
04Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
05GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
06AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Real Estate Brokers?: Published research puts Real Estate Brokers at 47 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the transitioning band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Real Estate Brokers?: Only partly. Individual estimates for Real Estate Brokers run from 29 to 59 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which sales & marketing roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published sales & marketing roles to Real Estate Brokers by score are First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers (47/100), Cashiers (48/100), and Retail Salespersons (49/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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