Real Estate Developer salary
What a real estate developer actually earns, from 136 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see real estate developer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A real estate developer earns a blended US median near 121,662 dollars, with the typical middle running from 93,813 dollars to 170,717 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 136,550 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 10 percent since 2021. Demand is rated high, and 10% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is real estate agent, at 54 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open real estate developer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Business Development Associate at SpiralyzeMorocco · RemoteTodayApply
Partnership Development Manager GSI DACH at Mistral.aiMunich1d agoApply
Business Development Associate (Enterprise) - Strategic SDR at YipitDataUnited States · Remote$60k–$76k1d agoApply- People Development Manager at RUAG MRO Holding AGBern, Bern, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Sales Development Manager B2B (m/w/d) at VIAMAForchheim2d agoApply
Partner Development Manager, Alliances and Channels at StripeUS-Remote2d agoApply
By country
- United States$93,813$121,662$170,717
- United Kingdom$68,500$81,862$108,263
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 7'900/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 33 Betriebswirtschaftliche und kaufmännische Fachkräfte und Verwaltungsfachkräfte: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 94'800 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- District of Columbia$171,910
- California$170,740
- Washington$165,080
- New York$161,360
- Illinois$134,810
- Indiana$79,080
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a real estate developer profile already covers.
- 166 open growth marketer roles$147,947 median · +$26,285 · 30% readiness
- 600 open account executive roles$146,123 median · +$24,461 · 46% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$4,906 · 47% readiness
- 600 open operations manager roles$121,927 median · +$265 · 39% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a real estate developer.
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Related salaries
- Real Estate Agent salary$83,263 median
- Sales Representative salary$73,936 median
- Project Manager salary$126,568 median
Quick answers
How much does a real estate developer make?
The blended US median is about 121,662 dollars, with a typical range from 93,813 dollars to 170,717 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 136,550 dollars.
Is real estate developer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 10% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a real estate developer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is real estate agent, at 54 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-9199. Live corpus 136 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.