Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in Hawaii

People considering careers as real estate brokers can find job and education opportunities in Hawaii. For real estate brokers, there are 260 jobs in Hawaii and this is projected to drop by three percent to 590 jobs by 2016. This decline goes against the national trend for real estate brokers that sees the job pool growing at 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.

Hawaii photo by Christopher P. Becker

In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.

Hawaii, also known as the Aloha State, is home to 1,295,178 people. It's population has increased 6.9 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Honolulu. In 2008, there were a total of 873,749 jobs and at $42,078, the average annual income in Hawaii was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $40,924. The unemployment rate in Hawaii was 6.8 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.8 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 26.2 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Hawaii include hotels, clothing accessories stores, full-service restaurants and clothing stores.

Hawaii is known for having important landmarks. Two of the tallest mountains in the Pacific - Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa - dominate the center of the island. Most of the world's macadamia nuts are grown on the island. One of the many things Hawaii is known for, Haleakala Crater (Ha-lay-ah-ja-lah), is the world's largest dormant volcano.

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.