Real Estate Jobs and MBA Programs in West Virginia

West Virginia has plenty of educational and career opportunities for real estate brokers. For real estate brokers in West Virginia, the job pool currently sits at 60 and is expected to grow by eight percent to 300 jobs by 2016. This growth is similar to the national trend for real estate brokers, which sees the job pool increasing by the same percentage. Real estate brokers operate real estate offices, or work for commercial real estate firms, overseeing real estate transactions.

West Virginia photo by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation

Real estate brokers earn $32 per hour or $66,000 per year on average in West Virginia. Nationally, their income is $37 hourly or $77,000 per year on average.

West Virginia, also known as the Mountain State, has a population of 1,819,777. It has grown by 0.6 percent in the last 10 years. Charleston is the state capital. There were 934,944 total jobs in 2008 and workers in West Virginia earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $31,634, up from $30,121. The unemployment rate in West Virginia was 7.9 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 14.8 percent. This is below the national average.

Bituminous coal underground mining, plastics material manufacturing, pipeline transportation and pipeline transportation of natural gas are the top employing fields in West Virginia.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest sycamore tree is located on the Back Fork of the Elk River in Webster Springs. One of the unique tidbits about West Virginia is West Virginia is the only state in the Union to have acquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States.

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.