The strong demand for apartments across the country also shows up in the strong demand for apartment jobs, according to the latest report from the National Apartment Association.
More than 41 percent of available real estate jobs in the U.S. were in the apartment sector, increasing from 34.9 percent in from the third quarter in 2018, according to the NAAEI’s Apartment Jobs Snapshot.
Occupancy up to 96.3 percent
A hectic leasing season yielded 118,000 move-ins during the third quarter.
Also, occupancy soared to 96.3 percent, as reported by RealPage.
Maintenance positions remained in greatest demand during the third quarter, increasing by 0.8 percentage points since the second quarter of 2018.
Leasing consultant apartment jobs in high demand
Leasing consultant job postings had the largest growth in demand year-over-year with an increase of 1.5 percentage points.
In fact, leasing consultants had the highest growth in demand over the past five years, increasing by 1.7 percentage points.
Compared to five years ago, there has been an increase in employers seeking candidates who are skilled in Yardi Software, Microsoft Office and teamwork/collaboration.
Phoenix led nation in rent growth
Consistent with third quarter of 2018, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. had the greatest demand for apartment jobs in 2019. However, Phoenix continues to rank as one of the top preforming apartment markets. According to RealPage, Phoenix led the nation in annual rent growth with an increase of 8.2 percent.
National apartment association jobs report background
The NAA jobs report focuses on jobs that are being advertised in the apartment industry as being available, according to Paula Munger, Director, Industry Research and Analysis, for the National Apartment Association’s Education Institute.
“Our education institute is a credentialing body for the apartment industry. They hear often that one of the biggest problems keeping our industry leaders up at night is the difficulty in finding talent, attracting talent and retaining talent,” Munger said. “Labor-market issues are happening in a lot of industries, certainly with the tight labor market we have.”
NAA partnered with Burning Glass Technologies. “They have a labor-job posting database that is proprietary,” she said, and they can “layer on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). We looked at that and thought we could do something that is really going to help the industry and help benchmark job titles and trends as we go forward,” Munger said.
August report from the NAA:
Portland Apartment Jobs Almost 60 Percent Of All Real Estate Jobs
