Community Association Manager Compensation and Salary Survey
The 2025 Community Association Manager Compensation and Salary Survey, sponsored by Innovia Co-Op, is the eleventh salary survey conducted by the Foundation for Community Association Research since the year 2000. 
This survey is a valuable tool for benchmarking compensation and benefit levels in the community association industry. Each edition provides an interesting snapshot of the field, and enhances our understanding of this growing and dynamic profession. The information in this survey represents complete, accurate, and up-to-date compensation data on the community association industry. The survey is designed to allow a company or manager to compare their compensation levels with peers.
WHAT YOU’LL FIND IN THE SURVEY
In addition to providing basic company and manager profile and salary information, the survey includes the following features:
- Compensation outlook for the community association industry
- Compensation by job title, presented by regions and states, for management company CEOs, company executives, large-scale managers, high-rise managers, onsite managers, portfolio managers, and assistant community managers
- Salary differences between managers with and without professional credentials
- Data based on community association size, in addition to management company size
- Information on employee benefits, health coverage, and retirement plans
- Much more!
The 2025 Community Association Manager Compensation and Salary Survey is available for purchase as a digital book from CAI Press. By purchasing the digital book you will have immediate access to the online content and you will be able to take it with you wherever you go on your phone, computer, or tablet. View FAQs regarding accessing, downloading, reading, and using the CAI Press digital books platform.
A SNAPSHOT OF THE PROFESSION
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of respondents have an employment agreement or management contract
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of respondents work for a management company
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of respondents have the ability to work from home
ACCESS COMPENSATION DATA & REPORTS
The Salary Survey is more than an annual report—it’s an ongoing benchmarking resource for community association management professionals.
Participate in the 2026 survey to receive free access to current compensation data, interactive dashboards, and customizable reports that can be downloaded into Excel and PowerPoint. Use the data to compare compensation with industry peers and explore results by position, location, professional credentials, and other key factors.
Already participated in a previous survey? Management professionals who completed the 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024 surveys can log back into the platform anytime to access 2021–2025 data and create customizable Excel and PowerPoint reports.
The Foundation for Community Association Research works with community association industry experts to formulate the content and structure of the survey. An outside research firm administers the survey and compiles the data. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at foundation@caionline.org.