Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in California

Real estate brokers can find success in California as the state has plenty of educational and employment prospects. There are currently 5,550 jobs for real estate brokers in California and that number is growing. A projected rise of one percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 13,600 jobs by 2016. This is lower than the national growth trend for real estate brokers. National projections showing a rise of just eight percent over the next 10 years. Real estate brokers operate real estate offices, or work for commercial real estate firms, overseeing real estate transactions.

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Real estate brokers earn $43 per hour or $90,000 per year on average in California. Nationally, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Golden State, California has a population of 36,961,664, which has grown by 9.1 percent in the last 10 years. Sacramento is the state capital. There were a total of 21,063,338 jobs in 2008 and people in California earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $43,852, up from $43,402. The unemployment rate in California was 11.4 percent in 2009, which has grown by 4.2 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 26.6 percent of California residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

Other electronic parts merchant wholesalers, payroll services, wineries and toy goods merchant wholesalers are the top employing fields in California.

One of the many things California is known for, the largest three-day rodeo in the United States is held on the Tehama County Fairgrounds in Red Bluff. California has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is An animal called the riparian brush rabbit calls Caswell Memorial State Park (near Manteca) its home. Endemic only to the state's park system, the critter lives in approximately 255 acres stretching along the area's once-vast hardwood forest.

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.