Apartment-Related Jobs Make Up 40% Of Seattle Real Estate Job Postings

NAAEI January Apartment Jobs Snapshot
Courtesy of the National Apartment Association
January Apartment Jobs Snapshot

Apartment-related jobs made up 40% of the total real estate job postings in Seattle in January, the fourth-highest in the country, according to a report by the National Apartment Association.

The number of job postings broke down to 35 in maintenance, 29 in property management and 24 in leasing.

The mean salary for a maintenance technician in Seattle was $45,630 in 2016. The projected job growth for this position is 14% statewide. Over the last 90 days, it took an average of 40 days to fill openings for maintenance techs.

Nationwide, there were 528 job postings for maintenance technicians over the last 30 days.

Phoenix had the highest percent of apartment-related jobs in the nation at 47%, followed by Denver at 44% and Houston at 42%. Atlanta followed Seattle at 39%.

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's Seattle Newsletters
Related Stories

Suburban D.C. County Weighs Microhousing As Affordability Salve

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Rewrite Underwriting Standards For NYC's Rent Freeze

RealPage Antitrust Case Ends With Nearly $360M In Settlements For Renters

ZOM Living Entity Files For Bankruptcy To Fund Fight To Overturn $323M Judgment

Golden Apartment Building Sells For $62M To Chicago Company

New Student Housing Towers Lease Up Quickly In University City, But Developers Can't Build More

Nord Group's Lawyer Moves To Quit, Says Entities Can't Pay Him

Housing Completions Close To 40,000 As LDA Adds Major Site And CEO Departs

Voorhees Greenlights 178-Unit Office-To-Resi Conversion Amid Multifamily Boom

Battered Mortgage REIT Suspends Dividend To Preserve Cash

Tyko Capital Sets New Record For Florida's Largest Construction Loan

Hof Wonen Acquires 251 Social Rental Houses In New Mixed-Use Project In The Hague