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This is the best time to be a property agent in the Big Apple since the Great Recession. A fast-growing number of New Yorkers are entering the business in the hope of cashing in on a stronger housing market. The city reported a 7.5 percent year-on-year jump in the number of real estate salespeople, to 29,503 last year. Manhattan leads the wave in sheer numbers as the borough saw its army of salespeople grow to 15,798 in 2013, also a 7.5 percent increase from a year earlier.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Latest figures available. Data was collected in May of each year and covers New York City, plus Rockland, Westchester, Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Putnam counties.

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Source: New York State Department of Licensing; New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Data is as of December 2013, compared with December 2012 data. Salespeople and brokers are combined for New Jersey counties.