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Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in Alabama
People considering careers as real estate brokers can find employment and education prospects in Alabama. For real estate brokers, there are 290 jobs in Alabama and this is projected to grow by nine percent to 1,230 jobs by 2016. This is better than the national trend for real estate brokers, which sees the job pool growing at about eight percent over the next 10 years. In general, real estate brokers operate real estate offices, or work for commercial real estate firms, overseeing real estate transactions.
Alabama photo by Melinda Shelton
State figures show that real estate brokers in Alabama earn $28 per hour or $58,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.
Alabama, also known as the Heart of Dixie, is home to 4,708,708 people. It has grown by 5.9 percent in the last 10 years. Montgomery is the state capital. There were 2,640,717 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Alabama earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $33,655, up from $32,803. The unemployment rate in Alabama was 10.1 percent in 2009. It went up by 4.9 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 19.0 percent. This is below the national average.
Manufacturing magnetic media, asphalt shingle materials manufacturing, perishable prepared food manufacturing and ornamental metal work manufacturing are the top employing fields in Alabama.
While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.
Real Estate
Real estate brokers operate real estate offices, or work for commercial real estate firms, overseeing real estate transactions.
They regularly sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others and maintain knowledge of real estate law, local economies, fair housing laws.
They are required to negotiate with others and try to resolve differences. Also, they must manage and maintain budgets and other financial resources.
Real estate brokers should be able to articulate ideas and problems and listen to and understand others in meetings.
In order to be successful in the workplace, real estate brokers must be thorough and dependable and be reliable.
