What are the main factors that influence a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer?

The Financial Services industry offers the highest average compensation for Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer roles, with salaries approximately 50% above the market median.

How does experience change A Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's salary?

A Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's salary grows with experience: starting around $89,516 for beginners, reaching about $136,061 at mid-level, and approach $176,949 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer?

Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer roles are District of Columbia $107,907, California $107,498, Massachusetts $106,065. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer roles make?

Salaries for Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer level roles vary by specialization: Commercial Real Estate Loan Manager: $187,600; Commercial Real Estate Lending Manager: $187,557; Loan Officer, Specialist - Commercial Real Estate: $179,060; Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer IV: $179,052; Commercial Real Estate Loan Assistant Manager: $161,700.

Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salary in Montana

How much does a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer make in Montana? As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer in Montana is $92,011 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $44.

However, a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $114,892
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $82,917 to $103,988
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $74,636

10% $74,636

50% (Median) $92,011

90% $114,892

Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$103,988	$8,666	$2,000	$50
Average	$92,011	$7,668	$1,769	$44
25th Percentile	$82,917	$6,910	$1,595	$40

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Key Factors That Influence Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salaries

A Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $89,516
Early Career (1-2 years): $104,648
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $136,061
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $152,526
Expert (over 8 years): $176,949

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer	less than 1 year	$89,516
Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer II	1-2 years	$104,648
Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer III	2-4 years	$136,061
Commercial Real Estate Lending Assistant Manager	5-8 years	$152,526
Commercial Real Estate Lending Manager	over 8 years	$176,949

How Do Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Commercial Real Estate Loan Officers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $107,907.
California: $107,498.
Massachusetts: $106,065.

District of Columbia $107,907 California $107,498 Massachusetts $106,065 Washington $105,675 New Jersey $105,636 Alaska $105,500 Connecticut $104,155 New York $103,609

Hawaii $101,865 Rhode Island $101,046 Maryland $100,490 Minnesota $99,730 Colorado $99,438 Illinois $99,340 Oregon $98,970 Delaware $98,697

New Hampshire $98,526 Virginia $98,142 Pennsylvania $97,021 Nevada $96,456 North Dakota $96,270 Michigan $95,978 Wisconsin $95,871 Vermont $95,656

Texas $95,062 Maine $95,023 Arizona $94,964 Ohio $94,896 Georgia $94,000 Indiana $93,551 Wyoming $93,464 Utah $93,327

Iowa $93,269 Kansas $92,801 Louisiana $92,664 North Carolina $92,616 Missouri $92,596 Florida $92,216 Montana $92,011 Nebraska $91,817

Kentucky $91,709 South Carolina $91,319 Tennessee $91,076 Idaho $90,978 New Mexico $90,267 Oklahoma $90,111 Alabama $89,536 South Dakota $88,571

Arkansas $88,045 West Virginia $87,762 Mississippi $86,914

Top Paying Cities for Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Absarokee: $91,451
Acton: $93,665
Ashland: $91,381

Absarokee, MT $91,451

Acton, MT $93,665

Ashland, MT $91,381

Ballantine, MT $93,522

Bearcreek, MT $91,438

Belfry, MT $91,531

Bighorn, MT $91,231

Big Timber, MT $91,375

Birney, MT $91,317

Boyd, MT $92,275

Bridger, MT $91,917

Broadview, MT $93,147

Busby, MT $91,420

Clyde Park, MT $91,392

Columbus, MT $92,143

Cooke City, MT $91,213

Crow Agency, MT $91,498

Custer, MT $91,522

Decker, MT $91,403

Edgar, MT $93,317

Emigrant, MT $91,384

Fishtail, MT $91,306

Fromberg, MT $92,949

Gardiner, MT $91,387

Garryowen, MT $91,462

Grass Range, MT $91,292

Greycliff, MT $91,381

Hardin, MT $92,258

Fort Smith, MT $91,971

Harlowton, MT $91,343

Huntley, MT $93,983

Hysham, MT $91,278

Ingomar, MT $91,104

Joliet, MT $92,960

Lame Deer, MT $91,473

Laurel, MT $93,956

Lavina, MT $91,598

Livingston, MT $91,493

Lodge Grass, MT $91,513

Mc Leod, MT $91,184

Martinsdale, MT $91,243

Melstone, MT $91,278

Melville, MT $91,208

Molt, MT $93,402

Mosby, MT $91,152

Musselshell, MT $91,246

Nye, MT $91,295

Otter, MT $91,383

Park City, MT $93,311

Pompeys Pillar, MT $92,941

Pray, MT $91,337

Pryor, MT $92,994

Rapelje, MT $91,919

Red Lodge, MT $91,458

Reed Point, MT $91,344

Roberts, MT $91,844

Roscoe, MT $91,277

Roundup, MT $91,450

Ryegate, MT $91,261

Saint Xavier, MT $91,889

Sanders, MT $91,389

Sand Springs, MT $91,162

Shawmut, MT $91,232

Shepherd, MT $93,572

Silver Gate, MT $91,459

Springdale, MT $91,323

Sumatra, MT $91,162

Teigen, MT $91,294

Two Dot, MT $91,222

Wilsall, MT $91,303

Winnett, MT $91,229

Worden, MT $92,826

Wyola, MT $91,553

Billings, MT $94,065

Baker, MT $91,699

Wolf Point, MT $91,385

Antelope, MT $91,496

Bainville, MT $91,811

Brockton, MT $91,339

Brockway, MT $91,212

Circle, MT $91,281

Crane, MT $91,874

Culbertson, MT $91,540

Dagmar, MT $91,583

Fairview, MT $91,849

Flaxville, MT $91,268

Fort Peck, MT $91,224

Frazer, MT $91,329

Froid, MT $91,417

Glasgow, MT $91,378

Saint Marie, MT $91,766

Glentana, MT $91,225

Hinsdale, MT $91,204

Homestead, MT $91,417

Lambert, MT $91,361

Larslan, MT $91,211

Medicine Lake, MT $91,404

Nashua, MT $91,330

Opheim, MT $91,198

Outlook, MT $91,335

Peerless, MT $91,215

Plentywood, MT $91,479

Poplar, MT $91,401

Raymond, MT $91,411

Redstone, MT $91,218

Reserve, MT $91,308

Richey, MT $91,255

Richland, MT $91,204

Saco, MT $91,257

Savage, MT $91,527

Scobey, MT $91,339

Sidney, MT $91,871

Vandalia, MT $91,247

Vida, MT $91,277

Westby, MT $91,565

Whitetail, MT $91,203

Miles City, MT $91,393

Alzada, MT $91,314

Angela, MT $91,149

Alberton, MT $91,284

Arlee, MT $91,318

Bonner, MT $91,288

Charlo, MT $91,345

Clinton, MT $91,350

Condon, MT $91,186

Conner, MT $91,366

Corvallis, MT $91,487

Darby, MT $91,191

De Borgia, MT $91,002

Dixon, MT $91,264

Drummond, MT $91,314

Florence, MT $91,466

Frenchtown, MT $91,429

Grantsdale, MT $91,438

Hall, MT $91,295

Hamilton, MT $91,440

Pinesdale, MT $91,650

Haugan, MT $90,980

Helmville, MT $91,117

Heron, MT $91,014

Hot Springs, MT $91,180

Huson, MT $91,308

Lolo, MT $91,411

Lonepine, MT $91,213

Milltown, MT $91,642

Noxon, MT $90,977

Ovando, MT $91,107

Pablo, MT $91,671

Paradise, MT $91,317

Philipsburg, MT $91,295

Plains, MT $91,243

Polson, MT $91,387

Ravalli, MT $91,328

Ronan, MT $91,398

Saint Ignatius, MT $91,376

Saint Regis, MT $91,181

Saltese, MT $90,943

Seeley Lake, MT $91,339

Stevensville, MT $91,484

Sula, MT $91,159

Superior, MT $91,247

Thompson Falls, MT $91,118

Trout Creek, MT $91,033

Victor, MT $91,428

Kalispell, MT $91,466

Big Arm, MT $91,345

Bigfork, MT $91,341

Columbia Falls, MT $91,457

Coram, MT $91,339

Dayton, MT $91,357

Elmo, MT $91,250

Essex, MT $91,191

Eureka, MT $91,366

Fortine, MT $91,277

Hungry Horse, MT $91,562

Kila, MT $91,267

Lake Mc Donald, MT $91,350

Lakeside, MT $91,417

Libby, MT $91,229

Marion, MT $91,216

Martin City, MT $91,414

Olney, MT $91,203

Polebridge, MT $91,043

Proctor, MT $91,224

Rexford, MT $91,292

Rollins, MT $91,279

Somers, MT $91,405

Stryker, MT $91,186

Trego, MT $91,254

Troy, MT $90,977

West Glacier, MT $91,071

Whitefish, MT $91,411

Bloomfield, MT $91,305

Boyes, MT $91,334

Broadus, MT $91,361

Brusett, MT $91,215

Capitol, MT $91,143

Cohagen, MT $91,181

Colstrip, MT $91,552

Ekalaka, MT $91,340

Fallon, MT $91,436

Forsyth, MT $91,316

Glendive, MT $91,618

Hammond, MT $91,277

Hathaway, MT $91,378

Ismay, MT $91,305

Jordan, MT $91,235

Kinsey, MT $91,344

Lindsay, MT $91,229

Mildred, MT $91,435

Olive, MT $91,247

Plevna, MT $91,514

Powderville, MT $91,158

Rosebud, MT $91,203

Terry, MT $91,263

Volborg, MT $91,204

Wibaux, MT $91,582

Willard, MT $91,545

Great Falls, MT $87,450

Malmstrom A F B, MT $87,450

Augusta, MT $91,201

Babb, MT $91,234

Belt, MT $88,523

Black Eagle, MT $87,450

Brady, MT $90,334

Browning, MT $91,356

Buffalo, MT $91,286

Bynum, MT $91,275

Carter, MT $88,969

Cascade, MT $90,199

Choteau, MT $91,277

Coffee Creek, MT $91,283

Conrad, MT $91,359

Cut Bank, MT $91,298

Denton, MT $91,262

Dupuyer, MT $91,191

Dutton, MT $89,300

East Glacier Park, MT $91,152

Ethridge, MT $91,180

Fairfield, MT $90,556

Floweree, MT $87,634

Forest Grove, MT $91,248

Fort Benton, MT $90,620

Fort Shaw, MT $88,647

Galata, MT $91,204

Geraldine, MT $91,243

Geyser, MT $90,587

Heart Butte, MT $91,355

Highwood, MT $88,650

Hilger, MT $91,284

Hobson, MT $91,297

Judith Gap, MT $91,279

Kevin, MT $91,264

Ledger, MT $91,224

Lewistown, MT $91,445

Loma, MT $91,242

Lothair, MT $91,235

Moccasin, MT $91,303

Monarch, MT $90,292

Moore, MT $91,353

Neihart, MT $90,966

Oilmont, MT $91,217

Pendroy, MT $91,191

Power, MT $88,304

Raynesford, MT $90,187

Roy, MT $91,201

Sand Coulee, MT $87,450

Shelby, MT $91,361

Simms, MT $89,337

Stanford, MT $91,292

Stockett, MT $88,351

Sunburst, MT $91,297

Sun River, MT $88,188

Sweet Grass, MT $91,241

Biddle, MT $91,394

Ulm, MT $87,492

Valier, MT $91,283

Vaughn, MT $87,812

Winifred, MT $91,251

Havre, MT $91,424

Big Sandy, MT $91,270

Box Elder, MT $91,451

Chester, MT $91,282

Chinook, MT $91,299

Dodson, MT $91,265

Gildford, MT $91,249

Harlem, MT $91,375

Hays, MT $91,412

Hingham, MT $91,250

Hogeland, MT $91,235

Inverness, MT $91,228

Joplin, MT $91,250

Kremlin, MT $91,247

Lloyd, MT $91,114

Loring, MT $91,200

Malta, MT $91,314

Rudyard, MT $91,271

Turner, MT $91,256

Whitewater, MT $91,216

Whitlash, MT $91,153

Zortman, MT $91,322

Zurich, MT $91,198

Helena, MT $87,197

Basin, MT $89,102

Boulder, MT $90,078

Canyon Creek, MT $88,170

Clancy, MT $87,345

East Helena, MT $87,138

Fort Harrison, MT $87,138

Jefferson City, MT $87,972

Lincoln, MT $91,273

Marysville, MT $88,062

Radersburg, MT $90,222

Ringling, MT $91,170

Toston, MT $90,569

Townsend, MT $89,226

White Sulphur Springs, MT $90,903

Winston, MT $88,153

Wolf Creek, MT $90,013

Butte, MT $91,269

Alder, MT $91,238

Anaconda, MT $91,471

Avon, MT $89,038

Belgrade, MT $91,580

Bozeman, MT $91,638

Big Sky, MT $91,570

Cameron, MT $91,177

Cardwell, MT $91,375

Deer Lodge, MT $90,714

Dell, MT $90,928

Dillon, MT $91,308

Divide, MT $91,282

Elliston, MT $88,296

Ennis, MT $91,431

Gallatin Gateway, MT $91,378

Garrison, MT $90,266

Glen, MT $91,279

Gold Creek, MT $90,868

Harrison, MT $91,400

Jackson, MT $91,045

Lima, MT $90,993

Mc Allister, MT $91,413

Manhattan, MT $91,553

Melrose, MT $91,289

Norris, MT $91,288

Polaris, MT $91,178

Pony, MT $91,420

Ramsay, MT $91,468

Sheridan, MT $91,451

Silver Star, MT $91,449

Three Forks, MT $91,481

Twin Bridges, MT $91,373

Virginia City, MT $91,405

Warm Springs, MT $91,458

West Yellowstone, MT $91,355

Whitehall, MT $91,469

Willow Creek, MT $91,441

Wisdom, MT $91,067

Wise River, MT $91,227

Missoula, MT $91,780

Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 100% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Financial Services and Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 50% above the average. In contrast, Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer positions in Insurance or Business Services typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Financial Services	$138,017	$66.0	50%
Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit	$101,213	$49.0	10%

Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$82,917

Average $92,011/year

$103,988

$6,910

Average $7,668/month

$8,666

$1,595

Average $1,769/week

$2,000

$40

Average $44/hour

$50

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$103,988	$8,666	$2,000	$50
Average	$92,011	$7,668	$1,769	$44
25th Percentile	$82,917	$6,910	$1,595	$40

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