Except for Redfin, I believe the majority of us are Independent Contractors.

In Colorado you are an independent contractor.

I do not know of a Realtor in Minot ND whom works as an employee Peter Mohylsky. BRIX REALTY .

Unless you are paid your worth in a regular pay check, monthly, bi-monthly or weekly, by an employer, you are an independent contractor. At least I am, Peter!

In California we are both, with the exception of Redfin which it's own business model.

Redfin has agents as full-time salaried employees ("FTE").  Developers have them as FTEs as well.

In California we are considered "Independent Contractors for purposes of worker comp, insurance, payroll taxes only."  In all other regards agents and Broker-associates are employees of their employing Broker.  This is a question on both the salespersons and the Broker's exam.

In California, if your Broker says you must be in the office every Wednesday for a staff meeting, you must attend and you can be fired for not attending.  They may have a dress code and you MUST follow their rules and policies.  This is how Brokers are supposed to maintain control and oversight of their agent's marketing and such.

I believe that is a safe assumption.  In California, we are independent contractors. 

Some people with a license not selling real estate may be working in another capacity earning a wage or salary. 

Fascinating as I started out salaried but did very little Real Estate licensing duties. When I went out there on my own, I went independent

In California, we are independent contractors. There may be some exceptions...Redfin, I believe, employs some and treats some as independent contractors depending upon what tasks they perform.

Yes

We are independent contractors in Maryland. 

That is mostly true here but it varies from brokerage to brokerage. If the person handles the property management division, for example, some brokers classify them as an employee but that is few and far between.

There are a number salaried agents who work for relocation departments and as many have said in the Redfin business model, but a majority of real estate professionals work as Independent contractors.

I feel confident it is how most work

The IRS sees it as okay as well. 

The IRS recognizes the unique nature of the real estate industry and created a statutory non-employee status for real estate professionals, provided three elements are met: 1) the individual is a licensed real estate professional; 2) substantially all of their payments be directly related to sales

I believe that's true. Redfin is one exception, there may be others.

In my experience, yes. 

That is a safe assumption. I've always signed an independent contractor agreement with each brokerage I've been affiliated with.

Yes, here we do.

I would say so. Although there have been legislative attempts to make agents employees in MA

IC for me & my company.

Independent contractors prevail, but some, have or are experimenting, with the employee model.

Most do, however not all.

I'm not sure that it's really a big question.

In my experience, the simple answer is "yes", most real estate agents (Realtors®, and otherwise) work as independent contractors and not employees.

Most are Independent Contractors. There may be exceptions in cases, where agents work for a developer and sell units on-site. Those agents might be hired as W-2 employees with benefits, etc.

it is safe to assume this, as most real estate licensees are ICs 

That would not be a safe assumption as most as in California an agent working under another's broker's license is their employee.

At this time I believe that is true. There are new models bouncing around that offer salaries. I prefer to be independent. That's part of the beauty of being a Real Estate Professional.