2025 REIT Dividend Yields

As of Dec. 17, 2025 publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.97 percent.

The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group at 5.44 percent, outpacing the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index by 1.46 percentage points.

The 10-Year T-Note surpassed the Equity All REIT sector by 19 basis points. The industrial REIT sector logged the lowest dividend yield with 3.32 percent.

Jerra Joy Agravio is a senior associate in the Real Estate Client Operations Department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested to learn more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.

—Posted on January 27, 2026

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As of Sept. 5, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.88 percent.

The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group at 5.25 percent, outperforming the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index by 1.37 percentage points.

The 10-Year T-Note outperformed the Equity All REIT sector by 43 basis points. The industrial REIT sector logged the lowest dividend yield with 3.21 percent.

—Posted on September 24, 2025

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As of July 4, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.86 percent.

The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group, at 5.15 percent, outperforming the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index by 1.29 percentage points.

The 10-Year T-Note outperformed the Equity All REIT sector by 40 basis points. The industrial REIT sector logged the lowest dividend yield with 3.14 percent.

Iman Niazi is an assistant manager in the Real Estate Client Operations Department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested to learn more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.

—Posted on July 28, 2025

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As of April 7, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.91 percent.

The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group at 5.20 percent, outperforming the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT index by 1.29 percentage points.

The 10-Year T-Note outperformed the Equity All REIT sector by 26 basis points. The industrial REIT sector logged the lowest dividend yield with 3.21 percent.

Iman Niazi is an Assistant Manager in the Real Estate Client Operations Department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested to learn more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.

—Posted on April 25, 2025