Question: How might the ABS recognising strata managers as a distinct occupation affect salaries and career progression?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) now recognises “strata manager” as a distinct professional category. How do you expect this to affect salary expectations and career advancement pathways for junior and senior strata management staff?
Answer: This will absolutely help us track data more effectively and will strengthen career pathways over time.
It was amazing and overdue that strata management was finally recognised as a distinct occupation. The biggest impact we’ll see is on visibility and recognition of the role as a profession, rather than on immediate salary shifts. It will take a little bit of time before that happens.
A huge advantage of the recognition is that it should result in clearer benchmarking of what strata management remuneration looks like. To date, much of the statistical data has been skewed and not quite accurate because of where strata management sat. This will absolutely help us track data more effectively and will strengthen career pathways over time.
This post appears in the May 2026 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine.
Aaron Petrilli
Property Recruitment Partners
E: info@propertyrecruitmentpartners.com.au
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