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Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in Missouri
Many educational and employment opportunities are available for real estate brokers in Missouri. There are currently 450 jobs for real estate brokers in Missouri and that number is on the decline. A projected decline in the number of jobs of one percent will make the figure 1,620 jobs by 2016. This decrease is opposite the national trend for real estate brokers. National projections show an increase of 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.
Missouri photo by Andrew Selman
Real estate brokers earn $27 per hour or $55,000 per year on average in Missouri. Nationally, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.
With a population of 5,987,580, Missouri, also called Show Me State, has grown by 7.0 percent in the last 10 years. The capital is Jefferson City. There were a total of 3,672,794 jobs in 2008 and people in Missouri earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $36,356, up from $35,120. Unemployment in Missouri jumped by 3.2 percentage points to 9.3 percent in 2009. Roughly 21.6 percent of Missouri residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.
In Missouri, the top employers are in stationery supplies merchant wholesalers, specialized freight trucking, related equipment merchant wholesalers and used household goods moving.
One of the many things Missouri is known for, Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, Missouri is the largest beer producing plant in the nation. Missouri was the birthplace of several prominent figures such as President Harry S. Truman, who was born in Lamar, May 8, 1884.
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.
