Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

23% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): This occupation has a lower risk of full replacement by AI, software, or robotic systems. Some tasks may be automated or assisted, but the role usually still relies on human judgement, communication, responsibility, physical adaptability, or practical decision-making.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Coordinating others’ work

Very important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Very important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Negotiation

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together to reconcile differences, trade off priorities, and reach agreements—work that depends on trust, persuasion, and reading the situation.
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Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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Consulting and advising others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide guidance and expert advice to managers or teams on technical, system, or process decisions—explaining options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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What users think

Based on 123 votes

36% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 23% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers was $66,700 ($32 per hour).

The median annual wage for Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers was 34.7% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers' job openings is expected to rise 3.6% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 296,640 people employed as 'Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.19% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 519 people are employed as 'Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers'.

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What people are saying (9)

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Max
07 Nov 2025 23:31
While AI can provide accurate property assessments, they cannot physically visit or have positive relationships with the tenants if applicable. Ai can't do the physical aspect of the property maintenance, like plowing leaf blowing, and cutting the grass. Ai also can't take the role of checking in on the tenants and running to them when there is an emergency. I do not see this happening ever.
Anonymous
07 Nov 2025 23:25
AI can assess the property features, sure, but they cannot physically visit and upkeep the properties to ensure they are in good standing. Neither can AI have communication or positive relationships with tenants if applicable.
Wale Omotayo (Low)
07 Sep 2025 20:05
There's two possibilities that informed my choice of 'low' for RE and Property management sector.
1. It costs too much to automate the jobs effectively; Perhaps the automation requirements are cross format i.e Robots with an enhanced social perceptiveness and conversational abilities.

2. It requires a complex workflow redesign; It's not as simple as automating the most frequent tasks. A thorough understanding of second-order consequences and beyond is required. Work(flow) redesign is it's own thing.

Ultimately , property management might just be ignored for a while
robo (Low)
05 May 2024 23:31
When buying a property, it's more about emotion and comparison, however, robots cannot connect emotionally with humans.
Michelle (Highly likely)
25 May 2023 08:18
Because property management companies are already using Al systems for responding to prospective residents, scheduling appointments and following up with property information.
Michael (Very Likely)
06 Sep 2020 12:39
Seems likely in my opinion. Commenters make it sound as they will take 100% of the jobs, but if AI can do 90% of your job, then of course a management company doesn’t need to hire as many staff... your job, if you maintain it, will change dramatically. Perhaps you’re only working at one property now, but with AI you’ll be used to float to numerous properties while AI handles the things it can while you’re gone.
Dhyana (Low)
21 Nov 2019 08:32
A robot cannot physically visit a property as required by most insurers.
Tupac (Moderate)
18 Nov 2019 03:46
Using python there are many ways that this can be automated
ananymous (Uncertain)
08 Apr 2019 11:35
The part of coding and analysing leases will be replaced by AI
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Job description

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).

O*NET-SOC code: 11-9141.00