The estate agency sector ranks among the lowest in the UK for supporting employee financial wellbeing in 2025, according to new cross-sector research.
The study, conducted by Access PayWise+, part of The Access Group, analysed more than 20 financial wellbeing benefits advertised in recent job postings across 30 UK sectors to assess how effectively industries support staff beyond basic salary.
Benefits were assessed across seven key categories, including financial compensation and pay enhancements, insurance and protection, lifestyle support, health and wellbeing, family and parental benefits, retirement and savings, and work-from-home flexibility.
Estate agency ranked tenth from last overall, placing it in the bottom tier for five of the seven financial wellbeing benefit categories analysed. Its weakest performance was in retirement and long-term benefits, with just 0.04% of job advertisements referencing this type of support.
The most commonly offered financial wellbeing benefit within the sector related to working from home, although this was mentioned in only 12.66% of estate agency job adverts.
Across all industries, fewer than 10% of job adverts included benefits from even the most common category—financial compensation and pay enhancements—highlighting significant scope for improvement, including among higher-performing sectors.
The findings come as one in three employees report that money worries negatively affect their performance at work, while only half of employers currently have a financial wellbeing strategy in place.
Education was identified as the lowest-performing sector overall, scoring poorly across all seven benefit categories. In contrast, the motoring and automotive sector ranked highest for workplace financial wellbeing, placing in the top ten industries for six of the seven categories analysed.
Abhishek Agrawal at Access PayWise+, said: “Estate agent companies offering limited financial wellbeing packages are likely to see lower workforce productivity and loyalty, as well as providing a less competitive offer for prospective talent.
“Work from home are the most common form of financial support in the estate agency sector, but uptake still remains low at 12.66% in recent job ads, showing room for improvement across every benefit category.”