Real estate exam pass rate by state
Texas
56% passed
In Texas, 56% of sales agent candidates passed both portions on the first try.
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56% passed. In Texas, 56% of sales agent candidates passed both portions on the first try. That is number 5 of the 8 states that publish a rate.
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Published real estate exam pass rates run from 74% in North Carolina, counting first-time takers, to 36% on Hawaii's national portion, with Texas at 56% on the first try and California at 53% of all exams.
Pass rates by state
| State | Pass rate | Period |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 74% whole exam, first try (2,085 of 2,815) | July 2025 to June 2026 |
| Alabama | 70% first attempt (1,691 of 2,410) 55% all attempts (2,208 of 3,991) | 12 months to October 2026 |
| Kansas | 64% salesperson exam, all attempts (2,242 of 3,519) | Fiscal year 2025 |
| Colorado | 63% national portion, first try (1,821 of 2,868) 56% state portion, first try (1,027 of 1,841) | 2025 |
| Texas | 56% both portions, first try (16,824 of 29,980) | December 2023 to November 2025 |
| California | 53% salesperson exam, all attempts, 30,063 exams | July 2025 to June 2026 |
| Virginia | 43% state portion, all attempts (4,020 of 9,347) | 2024 |
| Hawaii | 36% national portion, all attempts (721 of 1,986) 31% state portion, all attempts (712 of 2,300) | October 2025 to September 2026 |
| New York | Not published: each result is reported as pass or fail |
Reading the rates
- First tries pass more often. Texas, North Carolina, Colorado and Alabama count first attempts. California, Kansas, Virginia and Hawaii count every exam taken, retakes included, which pulls the rate down. Alabama's school table gives both, and they add up to 70% on the first attempt and 55% across all attempts.
- Each portion is passed on its own. Where a state splits the exam into national and state portions, you retake only the portion you fail, so a state can publish a rate for each.
- The first license is a broker license in two states. North Carolina and Colorado have no salesperson license, so their rates are for the broker exam new agents take.
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Questions people ask
What is the pass rate for the Texas real estate exam?
56% of sales agent candidates passed both the national and state portions on the first try: 16,824 of 29,980 from December 2023 to November 2025, by TREC's figures.
What is the pass rate for the California real estate exam?
53% of the 30,063 salesperson exams given from July 2025 to June 2026 were passes, counting every attempt, by the Department of Real Estate's figures.
What is the pass rate for the North Carolina real estate exam?
74.07% of first-time takers passed within 30 days of finishing their prelicensing course: 2,085 of 2,815 from July 2025 to June 2026, by NCREC's figures.
What is the pass rate for the Colorado real estate exam?
In 2025, 63.49% of first-time takers passed the national portion (1,821 of 2,868) and 55.78% passed the state portion (1,027 of 1,841), by the Division of Real Estate's figures.
What is the pass rate for the Alabama real estate exam?
AREC's school table for the 12 months to October 2026 adds up to 1,691 of 2,410 salesperson candidates passing on the first attempt (70%), and 2,208 of 3,991 exams across all attempts (55%).
What is the pass rate for the Kansas real estate exam?
64% of salesperson exams were passes, counting every attempt: 2,242 of 3,519 in KREC's fiscal year 2025 report.
What is the pass rate for the Virginia real estate exam?
43.0% of state portion exams were passes in 2024, counting every attempt: 4,020 of 9,347, by DPOR's figures.
What is the pass rate for the Hawaii real estate exam?
From October 2025 to September 2026, 721 of 1,986 salesperson national portion exams were passes (36%) and 712 of 2,300 state portion exams (31%), counting every attempt.
Does New York publish a real estate exam pass rate?
No. The Department of State reports each result as pass or fail and publishes no pass rate.
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How we work this out
What it does
Pick your state to see the pass rate its regulator publishes.
The entry-level real estate license exam in the states whose real estate regulator publishes a pass rate, and New York, which publishes none.
Method
- Each rate is read in the regulator's own report, for the period it covers.
- Where a report prints counts but no total rate, the rate is worked out from the counts; Alabama's adds up its school table.