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Over 11,000 apartment jobs were available during July, representing 39 percent of the broader real estate sector. Days to fill for the top markets ranged from 34.3 in Columbus to 41.7 in Baltimore. This month’s edition spotlights maintenance technicians and focuses on the location quotient, which measures the concentration of a particular position in one metro area relative to the nation. Demand for maintenance techs was more than three times the U.S. average in the Phoenix, Seattle and Denver markets.
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In this edition of NAAEI’s Apartment Jobs Snapshot, we move beyond apartments to analyze competing sectors and find the apartment industry offering better pay for similar skill sets. Over the past five years, desired skills for leasing consultants have shifted focus more towards social media, Yardi software and writing. Job candidates for all positions have an abundance of choices in Los Angeles, Dallas and Washington, D.C., among others. Postings for the industry across the country were above the norm for the quarter.
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