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Only 4% of REALTORS® stated that real estate was their first career in the 2019 Member Profile, down slightly from 5%t last year. Most commonly, members held previous full-time careers in management/business/financial sector (16%), and sales/retail (15%), followed by office/admin support (9%). Respondents are able to select from a list of options that best represents their previous career. For 20% of REALTORS®, they felt that their previous career fell into the “other” category. By taking a deeper look into this category, we can determine some of the unique and noteworthy previous careers of our members.
- Respondents of the “other” category are able to describe their previous career. The most common previous careers included:
- business owner/entrepreneur
- finance/banking/accounting
- food and beverage industry
- sales
- insurance
- marketing/advertising
- airline/aviation industry
- human resources
- Some of the more unique previous careers included:
- air traffic controller
- supervisory special agent
- Spanish court interpreter
- dairy farmer
- school bus driver
- pastor
- law enforcement
- PhD microbiologist
- nuclear monitor
- museum curator
- model
- professional athlete