The present invention provides a method for more efficiently producing retinal pigment epithelial cells from pluripotent stem cells. This method for producing retinal pigment epithelial cells comprises the following steps: (1) a first step of culturing pluripotent stem cells for a period not exceeding 30 days, in a medium including an FGF receptor inhibitor and/or a MEK inhibitor； and (2) a second step of forming retinal pigment epithelial cells by culturing the cells obtained in the first step, in the presence of a Nodal signal transduction pathway inhibitor and/or a Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibitor.
