Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in Idaho

Idaho is a good place to settle for real estate brokers as there are many educational and career opportunities. At 220, the number of jobs in Idaho for real estate brokers is projected to rise seven percent to 510 jobs by 2016. This rise is below the projected rise of the national job pool, which shows an increase of eight percent in the number of real estate broker jobs 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.

Idaho photo by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

State figures show that real estate brokers in Idaho earn $22 per hour or $45,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Gem State, Idaho has a population of 1,545,801. It has grown by 19.5 percent in the last 10 years. Boise is the state capital. There were 939,793 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Idaho earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $32,994, up from $32,837. The unemployment rate in Idaho was 8.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.1 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 21.7 percent. This is below the national average.

Semiconductor electronic component manufacturing, fruit preserving food manufacturing, frozen food manufacturing and vegetable manufacturing are the top employing fields in Idaho.

Idaho is known for having important landmarks. Bruneau Dunes State Park contains North America's tallest single structured sand dune. It stands 470 feet high. One of the many things Idaho is known for, Rexburg is home to Ricks College, the largest private two-year college in the nation.

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.