Property Management Services Workers

How to become a Property Manager

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 物业管理师

Acts for owners, organising resources to repair, maintain and manage buildings and facilities and looking after cleanliness and public order.

Main tasks

Drawing up property service plans
Organising the running and maintenance of buildings, facilities and equipment
Organising security and order in the estate and services such as cleaning, gardening and pest control
Choosing, managing and evaluating suppliers and running property assets
Running satisfaction surveys, analysing owners' views and needs to improve services, and looking after customer and public relations
Identifying and preventing property management risks and handling crisis communications
Supporting community governance and related work

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Modern Property Management (440703). Vocational major 440703 Modern Property Management (现代物业管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: IoT Smart Home System Integration and Applications; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Digital Residential Brokerage Services.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Property Services (640702). Vocational major 640702 Property Services (物业服务), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Fire Protection Equipment Operator; Digital Residential Brokerage Services.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Modern Property Management (240702). Vocational major 240702 Modern Property Management (现代物业管理), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: IoT Smart Home System Integration and Applications; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Digital Residential Brokerage Services.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥54,700 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥41,200 to CN¥74,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥32,400 and one in ten more than CN¥107,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Real Estate Services Workers, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥59,208 a year (2025), middle half CN¥48,000 to CN¥82,797.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Real Estate Services Workers holds 0.6% of everyone employed in China; 40.5% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
46.6% are under 35, 43.1% are 35 to 54 and 10.3% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Property Manager?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Modern Property Management (440703); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Property Services (640702).

How much does a Property Manager earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥54,700 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Real Estate Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥59,208 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Property Manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026