Property managers are below average when it comes to happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, property managers rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 24% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy property managers are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Construction manager | 3.0 | $65k |
| Market research analyst | 2.9 | $48k |
| Customer success manager | 2.9 | $70k |
| Fundraiser | 2.9 | $61k |
| Property manager | 2.9 | $46k |
| Real estate appraiser | 2.9 | $55k |
| Lodging manager | 2.9 | $47k |
| Operations research analyst | 2.9 | $65k |
| Office manager | 2.9 | $36k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are property managers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do property managers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as property managers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are property manager’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are property managers making the best use of their abilities?
Are property managers happy with their salary?
Property managers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Property managers tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked property managers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
927 property managers
12% of property managers rated their compensation 5 stars
26% of property managers rated their compensation 4 stars
26% of property managers rated their compensation 3 stars
25% of property managers rated their compensation 2 stars
12% of property managers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do property managers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, property managers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.5/5. The majority of property managers struggle to find any sort of meaning in their work, likely resulting in less satisfaction with the career overall.
We asked property managers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.5 out of 5 stars
927 property managers
9% of property managers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
15% of property managers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of property managers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
27% of property managers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
27% of property managers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as property managers?
Property managers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of property managers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked property managers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
1007 property managers
30% of property managers rated their career fit 5 stars
35% of property managers rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of property managers rated their career fit 3 stars
8% of property managers rated their career fit 2 stars
4% of property managers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a property manager’s work environment?
As a whole, property managers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of property managers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a property manager.
We asked property managers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
1006 property managers
21% of property managers rated their work environment 5 stars
31% of property managers rated their work environment 4 stars
25% of property managers rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of property managers rated their work environment 2 stars
7% of property managers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are property managers making the best use of their abilities?
Former property managers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Property managers tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked property managers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
1006 property managers
13% of property managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
21% of property managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of property managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
25% of property managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
15% of property managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars