Career
Property, real estate, and community association managers
Manage the properties where people live and work.
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Manage and oversee operations, maintenance, administration, and improvement of commercial, industrial, or residential properties.
- Direct collection of monthly assessments, rental fees, and deposits and payment of insurance premiums, mortgage, taxes, and incurred operating expenses.
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate general maintenance, major repairs, and remodeling or construction projects for commercial or residential properties.
- Prepare detailed budgets and financial reports for properties.
- Act as liaisons between on-site managers or tenants and owners.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on persuasion & leadership, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Manage and oversee operations, maintenance, administration, and improvement of commercial, industrial, or residential properties.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though short-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $69,990 a year and 36,900 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Real Estate DevelopmentCIP 04.1001
- Real EstateCIP 52.1501
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Real Estate Sales Agents$52,830 · +1.7%
- Real Estate Brokers$73,220 · +0.8%
- Facilities Managers$106,660 · +4.6%
- Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.