Also called: Property Managers
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers build coordination, negotiation and social perceptiveness skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is General and Operations Managers (90%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | 90% | $105,770 | +51% | None |
| 2 | Purchasing Managers | 88% | $148,080 | +112% | None |
| 3 | Financial Managers | 84% | $166,570 | +138% | None |
| 4 | Sales Managers | 84% | $148,270 | +112% | None |
| 5 | Administrative Services Managers | 83% | $114,130 | +63% | None |
| 6 | Real Estate Brokers | 82% | $73,220 | +5% | None |
| 7 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 82% | $69,500 | −1% | None |
| 8 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | 81% | $87,520 | +25% | None |
| 9 | Facilities Managers | 81% | $106,660 | +52% | None |
| 10 | Project Management Specialists | 80% | $102,320 | +46% | None |
Compared with Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers, median $69,990. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as property, real estate, and community association managers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
90% skill match · $105,770 · +51% pay
Systems Evaluation · Systems Analysis · Operations Monitoring
88% skill match · $148,080 · +112% pay
Systems Analysis · Systems Evaluation · Time Management
84% skill match · $166,570 · +138% pay
Systems Evaluation · Systems Analysis · Service Orientation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are General and Operations Managers (90% skill match, median $105,770), Purchasing Managers (88% skill match, median $148,080) and Financial Managers (84% skill match, median $166,570), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 18 pay more than property, real estate, and community association managers at the median. The biggest increases: Chief Executives (+206%, $213,990), Financial Managers (+138%, $166,570) and Marketing Managers (+138%, $166,790).
24 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones. One usually needs a graduate degree: Chief Executives.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.