Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,938
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$12,743
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,295
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$65,680
Kept after tax
$52,938
Worth in national money
$54,295
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Pennsylvania is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,680. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports figures for, this is number 185.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $65,680, take-home of $52,938 is worth roughly $54,295 in national money. The average comes to $83,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Pennsylvania ranks 21 of 51 for property, real estate, and community association managers at $65,680. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Pennsylvania's occupational distribution, property, real estate, and community association managers sits at 185 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for property, real estate, and community association managers, whose median is $65,680, the adjusted figure of $54,295 differs little from $52,938 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $83,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $143,280 |
| This salary | $65,680 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Pennsylvania | $52,938 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,954 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,257 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $63,171 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,729 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of property, real estate, and community association managers in Pennsylvania earn under $65,680 and half over. The published range runs $46,290 at the tenth percentile to $143,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $52,938 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $65,680. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 185 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,295, the adjusted value of that $65,680 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 185 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for property, real estate, and community association managers in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,290 to $143,280; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $52,938, from $65,680, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 185 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $54,295 — the adjusted value of that $65,680 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 185 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $83,210 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,290, the highest tenth $143,280, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Pennsylvania is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $54,295 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Pennsylvania adds its own income tax on top — which is why $52,938 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Pennsylvania is $83,210. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,290) and the ninetieth ($143,280) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $54,295 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $52,938 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.