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In the five source-backed monthly reports below, February through May and August 2026, Florida sales associate first-time pass rates ranged from 48% to 51%. Repeat-attempt rates ranged from 31% to 32%, and all-attempt rates ranged from 39% to 41%. These are the whole percentages published by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). They are monthly exam results, not a full-year 2026 rate or your personal chance of passing.
Reviewed October 21, 2026. August is the latest exam month verified for this table, from the September meeting report. June, July and September are not verified here. Gaps are not zero results, and this is not a full-year rate. The meeting month is not necessarily the exam month.
A pass-rate claim needs three labels: the exam, the month and the type of attempt. Without them, two apparently conflicting numbers may both be correct.
For example, the August 2026 Florida sales associate report gives a 48% first-time rate and a 39% overall rate. The overall figure also includes repeat attempts. Neither figure describes broker exams, course finals or a particular school's graduates.
Florida sales associate pass rates by month
Each linked source is a Division Report in the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) meeting materials. Read the FL Sales Associate row on the report's Exam Performance Summary page, not its bottom TOTAL row across different exams.
| Exam month | First-time | Repeat attempts | All attempts | Official report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 48% | 32% | 39% | September Division Report, page 4 |
| May 2026 | 48% | 31% | 40% | June Division Report, page 2 |
| April 2026 | 48% | 32% | 40% | May Division Report, page 2 |
| March 2026 | 51% | 31% | 41% | April Division Report, page 2 |
| February 2026 | 49% | 31% | 40% | March Division Report, page 2 |
The percentages are rounded as published. The table covers five reported months with gaps; it is not a continuous history of every month in 2026. For other releases, start with the official FREC meeting archive and check the exam month inside the report.
The counts behind the percentages
The reports show how many exams were graded and how many passed. Those counts let you check the percentage and see how much data sits behind it.
| Exam month | First-time passed / graded | Repeat passed / graded | Total passed / graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1,002 / 2,103 | 747 / 2,340 | 1,749 / 4,443 |
| May 2026 | 987 / 2,044 | 684 / 2,181 | 1,671 / 4,225 |
| April 2026 | 985 / 2,041 | 693 / 2,170 | 1,678 / 4,211 |
| March 2026 | 1,143 / 2,234 | 722 / 2,317 | 1,865 / 4,551 |
| February 2026 | 929 / 1,915 | 624 / 1,989 | 1,553 / 3,904 |
Reproduce August's overall rate: (1,002 + 747) ÷ (2,103 + 2,340) × 100 = 39.3653%, or about 39.4% to one decimal. DBPR prints 39%. The first-time calculation is 1,002 ÷ 2,103 = about 47.6%; the repeat calculation is 747 ÷ 2,340 = about 31.9%. Those become the report's 48% and 32%.
The August FL Sales Associate row also lists 2,694 failed exams. Passed plus failed equals 4,443 graded exams. The report's bottom total of 5,048 graded exams includes other exams and is the wrong denominator for this page. No-shows and canceled appointments are not added to the graded denominator.
Do not average the displayed 48% and 31%. The two groups have different numbers of attempts, and their displayed rates have already been rounded. Use the counts when combining groups or periods.
What changed across the reported months?
The first-time rate moved from 49% in February to 51% in March, then 48% in both April and May. The repeat-attempt rate stayed at 31% apart from April's 32%. The overall rate was 40% apart from March's 41%. August then reported 48% first-time, 32% repeat and 39% overall.
That is a fairly narrow range within these five reported months. It does not establish a long-term decline, an improvement across all of 2026 or a change in exam difficulty. The reports contain different sets of attempts each month.
The reported first-time rate exceeded the repeat-attempt rate in every month shown. The gap between the published rounded rates was 16 to 20 percentage points. This is a difference between groups, not evidence that taking another exam causes an individual's ability to decline.
Why the repeat-attempt rate needs care
A repeat-attempt group consists of people who are testing again. It is not a random sample of all first-time candidates. A simple comparison cannot isolate the effect of another attempt, preparation time, course quality or test anxiety.
The summary also does not follow a named group of candidates until everyone passes or stops testing. A repeat attempt is an exam record. It should not be described as a unique person's final licensing outcome.
If you are preparing for a retake, the useful next step is to compare your own score reports and practice errors. The retake study plan explains how to turn that evidence into study blocks. The retake rules guide covers eligibility, waiting time and fees.
What these reports cannot tell you
The monthly tables do not establish:
- Why a particular candidate failed or which study method caused a pass.
- How many hours the candidates studied or which prep products they used.
- Your probability of passing after a certain practice score.
- The eventual pass rate of everyone who first tested in a particular month.
- Whether one month's test questions were harder than another month's.
For a fuller explanation of the denominator, rounding and comparison problems, see how to read Florida exam pass rates. These limits matter whenever a headline uses a single percentage to describe the whole exam.
CHECK YOUR OWN PREPARATION
Find the rules you still cannot apply.
Use a mixed practice set, then review wrong answers and lucky guesses. A statewide pass rate cannot identify your weak topics.
Did the Florida real estate exam get harder?
These monthly reports cannot answer that question. A lower rate could reflect changes in the group taking the test, among other possibilities. The reports do not separate those effects.
The official Sales Associate Candidate Information Booklet describes the exam and its content outline. It lists 100 multiple-choice questions, three and a half hours and a passing grade of at least 75. It also explains that unscored pilot questions can add questions and time. The outline has 19 content areas.
Read the 19-topic breakdown alongside that booklet when checking study coverage. A pass-rate table is not a syllabus and does not change the required passing grade.
How to use the figures when preparing
Use the reports to understand the exam's outcomes, then move to evidence you can act on:
- Check coverage. Make sure your material addresses the official Florida sales associate outline, including Florida law and calculations across topics.
- Check transfer. Try questions with unfamiliar wording. Recognizing answers from repeated sets can hide a weak understanding of the rule.
- Check timing. Complete a practice session under the applicable exam time limit and account for unanswered questions as well as wrong ones.
- Check corrections. Explain why a choice is correct and why the closest alternative is wrong. Review lucky guesses too.
These are preparation recommendations. They are not DBPR findings about what caused the monthly results, and no practice result guarantees a pass. Practice materials should teach the published topics with original questions. No copied exam questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Florida real estate exam pass rate in 2026?
Specify the month and attempt type. In the February through May and August 2026 reports on this page, first-time Florida sales associate pass rates were 48% to 51%, repeat-attempt rates were 31% to 32%, and overall rates were 39% to 41%. This is not a full-year 2026 figure.
What is the most recent pass rate verified on this page?
August 2026, published in the September FREC Division Report: 48% first-time, 32% repeat attempts and 39% overall. September results were not verified for this review. These are not October exam results.
Where does Florida publish official exam pass rates?
Exam Performance Summary tables appear in DBPR Division Reports included with Florida Real Estate Commission meeting materials. Check the exam month inside the report and the FL Sales Associate row. The meeting month may differ from the month being measured.
Why does the overall pass rate differ from the first-time rate?
The overall rate combines first-time and repeat attempts. It is calculated from all passes divided by all graded attempts, so the size of each group matters. It is not the simple average of the two rounded percentages.
Does a 39% overall rate mean I have a 39% chance of passing?
No. It describes recorded exam attempts in a particular month. It does not measure your knowledge, preparation, timing or readiness, and it does not predict your individual result.
Can the monthly reports prove the exam became harder?
No. The tables report outcomes, not a controlled comparison of exam difficulty. Differences in the candidates testing and other unmeasured factors prevent that conclusion from the pass-rate table alone.
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Try the free practice exam, then choose one weak topic to repair. For shorter original question sessions and explanations, download Pass Florida. If you already have a failed score report, use the retake planner to organize your next steps.
Methodology
We use the FL Sales Associate rows from the five official reports linked in the tables and check passed counts against graded counts. August extends the earlier four-month table. February, April, May and August reports were retrieved again during this October 21 review. March figures are retained from the earlier source check; that PDF could not be retrieved again today. Percentages retain DBPR's whole-number rounding. We separate the exam month from the meeting month and exclude other license types and unverified months. This page does not calculate a full-year rate or estimate individual pass probabilities.
Study recommendations are Pass Florida editorial guidance. We do not claim that DBPR evaluated or endorsed them.
