Career Explorer Management
Grows with AI
Property, real estate, and community association managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the selling, buying, leasing, or governance activities of commercial, industrial, or residential real estate properties. Includes managers of homeowner and condominium associations, rented or leased housing units, buildings, or land (including rights-of-way).
Changing faster than most: more resilient than 31% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +3.7% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and ethical judgement.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $69,990
- Job growth to 2035
- +3.7%
- Openings a year
- 36,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 460,000
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then short on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits
- Communicate with others about operational plans or activities
- Promote products, services, or programs
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures
- Manage budgets or finances
- Negotiate contracts or agreements
What the work looks like
- 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.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Community Manager, Property Manager, Real Estate Manager, Resident Manager, Apartment Manager, Commercial Property Manager, Community Association Manager, Lease Administration Supervisor.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.