Real estate license in Indiana: cost, hours and steps
Indiana is one of the cheapest states to enter real estate: $115 in fees for an entry-level broker license.
Real estate license fees in Indiana
$115
paid to the state and its exam and fingerprint vendors
| Application and license | $60 |
| Exams | $55 |
| Training: 90 pre-licensing course hours | about 6 weeks |
| Renewals in 5 years, every 3 years | 1 × $60 = $60 |
Real estate broker license (entry-level; Indiana has no salesperson license). Fees read on official pages, October 20, 2026.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Broker application | $60 |
| Broker exam, national + state (Pearson VUE) | $55 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How the totals are built · Indiana Real Estate Commission (Professional Licensing Agency) · read October 20, 2026
Indiana licenses new real estate agents as brokers; there is no salesperson license. The fees for a first license come to $115: an application fee of $60 to the Indiana Real Estate Commission, administered by the Professional Licensing Agency, and $55 for the Pearson VUE broker exam, which covers the national and state portions in one sitting. Only New York and Florida cost less among the 20 states priced here; the median is $203. Before the exam comes a 90-hour broker pre-license course, and within two years of licensure a thirty-hour post-licensing course. Online processing fees are added at checkout and are not counted. Renewal falls every 3 years at $60, the same amount as the application fee, and brokers complete 12 hours of continuing education each year, 36 per cycle.
Two payments and a long exam
The Professional Licensing Agency lists the broker application at $60. The exam is booked with Pearson VUE, whose Indiana handbook prices the combined national and state broker exam at $55 and allows four hours for it. A retake is paid again. No fingerprint requirement appeared in the documents read, so the total in the calculator is the whole state-side bill, apart from the card processing fee charged on online payments.
The handbook was revised in 2025, and its fee is the one counted. Keep the application moving: Indiana treats an application as abandoned if the remaining requirements are not submitted within one year, after which you would file and pay again.
Who issues the license
The Indiana Real Estate Commission grants the license, and the Professional Licensing Agency handles applications, payments and renewals on its behalf. Because the entry credential is already called broker, the right comparison is with the salesperson license of other states, not with the broker licenses those states issue to experienced agents. Neither the commission nor the agency charges a separate activation fee in the pages read; the application fee is the only state charge at entry.
Courses before and after
The pre-license course is 90 hours, roughly 6 weeks at 15 hours a week. Licensure starts a second requirement: thirty hours of post-licensing education within the first two years. Both are paid to the school, at its own price.
Indiana broker license over several renewal cycles
Real estate license in Indiana, 9 years
$295
| First license | $115 |
| Renewals | 3 × $60 |
| Continuing education | 108 hours |
Renewal every 3 years
Indiana's renewal is $60, due every 3 years, and the continuing education is counted by the year: 12 hours annually, so 36 over a cycle. Nine years after licensure the state has received $295, entry and 3 renewals included, one of the lowest long-run costs among the states priced here.
Moving to Indiana with a license
A broker licensed in another state can apply by endorsement. If approved, only the state portion of the exam is required, not the national one. Compare with Illinois, which also starts agents as brokers.
Every real estate fee in Indiana, with its source
| Fee | Amount | In the total | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broker application | $60 | counted | source |
| Broker exam, national + state (Pearson VUE) | $55 per attempt | counted | source |
| Renewal | Value |
|---|---|
| Cycle | every 3 years |
| Fee | $60 |
| Continuing education | 36 hours per cycle |
| Required training | 90 pre-licensing course hours. 90-hour broker pre-license course; 30 hours post-licensing within 2 years. |