Hot off the press, the 2025 CREW Network benchmark study, in partnership with the MIT Center for Real Estate, is now available. CREW’s fifth comprehensive study measures progress for women in commercial real estate over the last two decades, capturing critical industry-wide data and key workplace trends.
Key findings:
- Consistent with the last four studies, the 2025 study found the following gender pay gaps, which have decreased since 2020:
- Women make 4% less than men in base salaries
- Women make 13% less in overall compensation packages, including base salary, commission, bonuses and profit-sharing
- Women make 35% less in compensation from commission, bonuses, and profit-sharing.
- Women comprise 38% of the commercial real estate industry overall. This percentage has remained almost constant over the last 20 years.
- For the fourth straight study, women hold approximately 9% of C-suite positions.
- For the first time in the history of the study, women reported that gender discrimination in the workplace is their primary obstacle to career advancement.
- For the fourth straight study, women listed having an internal senior executive mentor as their top contributing factor to future success.
- Women are far more likely than men to report that their career or compensation has been negatively affected by their family status—27% of women compared to 10% of men.
- CRE professionals spend 56% of their time in the office. On average, they work 46 hours per week—26 hours in the office, 15 hours remotely, and 5 hours in the field. Women are working remotely 2.5 hours more per week than men.
A total of 2,450 industry professionals across commercial real estate sectors completed the 2025 study between Jan. 20 and April 30.
CREW Network is the leading producer of research on gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion in commercial real estate. The benchmark study was made possible by support from CREW Network Foundation and contributing underwriters ICSC, MBA, and NAIOP.
Download the report HERE.
