For Candidates
You'll see the real salary band, the real reason the last person left, and the real state of the market — not the version that closes fastest. That costs us placements sometimes. It's also why people come back.
See What Your Role Pays →Every desk below publishes its roles, its aliases and its 2026 salary bands — so you know where you stand before we ever talk.
The fastest way to end up underpaid is to price yourself off a title. These are the traps we see candidates walk into most.
In a project marketing agency or a residential sales office it is a settlements and contracts clerk on $70k–$105k. On a commercial builder's site it is a $95k–$165k commercial negotiator running subcontractor packages, variations and payment claims. Confusing the two is the single most expensive mistake on this desk.
At a four-person developer the DM is also the acquisitions, marketing and settlements person. At a listed developer a DM runs one workstream of one project under a Development Director. Same title, different seniority, roughly $60k of salary difference.
In BTR it is the building's general manager. In a masterplanned estate it is placemaking and resident engagement. In Queensland strata it is the body corporate manager. State and sector both matter.
The two overlap heavily and the pay bands differ. Trade licences and, in Queensland, management-rights accommodation packages change the numbers materially.
In Australian property generally, the real signals are employer names, project names, the software and contracts they touch, and the licences they hold.
Every desk, every role, every band — published, dated and free to read. No PDF, no email gate, no “talk to us for the numbers”. The numbers are the point.
A confidential chat costs nothing and commits you to nothing — and if staying put is the right call, we'll say so.