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What mortgage brokers make

Median

$76,690

First year or two

$39,430

Top tenth

$153,180

The national median is $76,690 a year, and the bottom tenth earn about $39,430. The federal wage survey files this job under the broader title Loan Officers, so bank lenders, commercial lenders and mortgage brokers are counted together. This is also a commission job, so the spread is wider in real life than any median suggests.