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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).

Also called: Apartment Manager, Commercial Property Manager, Community Association Manager, Community Manager, Lease Administration Supervisor, Leasing Manager

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Median pay in Greater Boston
$106,050
$50.98/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
6,060
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+3.2%
730 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
High school diploma or equivalent
plus Short-term on-the-job training; Less than 5 years of related work experience

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$63,350$77,880$106,050$130,770$181,430

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d 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.
  • Solicit and analyze bids from contractors for repairs, renovations, and maintenance.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure77 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 81
  • Language-model AIOE 82
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 69

Observed AI use today: Substantial (Anthropic Economic Index)

This job has higher AI exposure, and substantial AI use has already been observed in this work. AI tools can help with budgets, financial reports, and tracking rent and fee collection. Managing repairs, handling tenants and owners, and overseeing building projects still rely on people on site.

Likely to change

  • Preparing budgets and financial reports
  • Tracking rent, fees, and payments

Still relies on people

  • Coordinating repairs and remodeling on site
  • Acting as go-between for tenants and owners

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Training near Boston

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