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AI for property management companies in New York

The New York metro area had 5,738 property management companies in 2022, the most of all 384 US metros and 10% of all in the country. They employed 46,103 people at an average of $66,645 a year. 84% have fewer than 10 staff, so the same few people answer the phone, book, follow up and do the paperwork. Those are the jobs AI tools take on today.

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Property management companies in New York vs the US

New York metroUnited States
Businesses5,73857,435
People employed46,103507,375
Average staff per business8.08.8
Average yearly pay per employee$66,645$58,002
Share with fewer than 10 staff84%84%

Pay here is 15% higher than the national average for property management companies, so every hour of staff time costs more to spend on admin. The average property management company here has 8.0 people on payroll, 9% lower than the US figure of 8.8.

How big property management companies in New York are

Fewer than 5 staff3,905 (68%) US 65%
5 to 9913 (16%) US 19%
10 to 19519 (9%) US 9%
20 to 49274 (5%) US 4%
50 or more126 (2%) US 3%

Businesses with paid employees, by number of employees, March 2022.

Property management companies by county in the New York area

New York County has the most, with 1,534 of the metro's 5,738 (27%). Among the 10 big metros on this page, New York ranks 3rd for average pay and 4th for the share of small firms.

CountyBusinessesEmployeesAvg pay
New York County1,53417,268$78,413
Kings County1,0705,021$50,790
Queens County5113,391$61,177
Nassau County4022,317$69,622
Bronx County3523,446$53,472
Westchester County3052,440$70,714
Suffolk County2201,071$60,775
Ocean County1911,355$56,886
Bergen County1831,292$72,252
Essex County171979$61,969
Hudson County153987$61,979
Rockland County1371,417$51,261

10 smaller counties not shown. Census withholds pay where few firms would make it identifiable.

Where AI helps a property management company first

Property managers get the most from AI on the repeat work: tenant maintenance requests, rental inquiries, rent reminders and owner updates. A system can answer the routine ones, sort real emergencies from routine repairs, and keep a record of every message. A person handles anything involving safety, money or the law.

What your team's admin hours cost in New York

Change any number. The starting values are the New York averages above; the hours and the share are yours to set.

Those hours cost you$102,400 a year

The share you would hand off$30,720 a year

Hours your team gets back960 a year

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Property management companies in other big metros

MetroBusinessesAvg payRank of 387
Los Angeles3,776$58,7372nd
Chicago1,274$63,7705th
Miami1,860$54,4803rd
Dallas1,357$66,3024th
Houston1,115$61,7079th
Atlanta955$65,70912th
Washington1,197$73,1977th
Philadelphia794$65,40714th
Boston995$70,33211th

Where these numbers come from

From the U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), industry code NAICS 531311 (Residential property managers), for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (22 counties). It counts businesses with paid employees in March 2022, so solo owners with no payroll are not in it. Average pay is total yearly payroll divided by employees. The calculator uses 50 working weeks and 2,080 hours a year. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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