Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in Mississippi

For a real estate broker, Mississippi is a land of educational and employment opportunities. There are currently 110 jobs for real estate brokers in Mississippi and this is projected to grow by 16 percent to 470 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.

Mississippi photo by Nathan Culpepper

State figures show that real estate brokers in Mississippi earn $27 per hour or $56,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.

Also known as the Magnolia State, Mississippi has a population of 2,951,996. It has grown by 3.8 percent in the last 10 years. Jackson is the state capital. There were 1,558,262 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Mississippi earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $30,383, up from $29,542. The unemployment rate in Mississippi was 9.6 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.8 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 16.9 percent. This is below the national average.

Furniture product manufacturing, household furniture cabinet manufacturing, household furniture manufacturing and upholstered household furniture manufacturing are the top employing fields in Mississippi.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula. One of the unique tidbits about Mississippi is S.B. Sam Vick of Oakland played for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. He was the only man ever to pinch hit for the baseball great Babe Ruth.

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.