Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
Earnings
The median annual wage for property, real estate, and community association managers was $55,380 in May 2015.
The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $28,490, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $123,790.
In May 2015, the median annual wages for property, real estate, and community association managers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Offices of real estate agents and brokers
$55,150
Activities related to real estate
52,930
Civic, social, professional, and similar organizations
52,730
Lessors of real estate
51,800
Property, real estate, and community association managers often must attend evening meetings with residents, property owners, community association board members, or civic groups. As a result, long workdays are common. Some apartment managers are required to live in the apartment complexes where they work, so that they are available to respond to emergencies even when they are off duty.
Most property, real estate, and community association managers work full time. However, about 1 in 5 worked part time in 2014.
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
Median annual wages, May 2015
Management occupations
$98,560
Property, real estate, and community association managers
$55,380
Total, all occupations
$36,200
Note: All Occupations includes all occupations in the U.S. Economy. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics