scouted salary guide.
FY26/27 Property & Construction
Property and construction salary benchmarks built on 480+ real placements across Victoria.
The scouted FY26/27 Salary Guide benchmarks property and construction salaries across Melbourne and Victoria.
Spanning property development, real estate funds & investment, construction, commercial real estate, sales & marketing and operations.
Every band is anchored to more than 480 real placements since 2021, so you're reading what roles actually paid.
fy26/27 property salaries at a glance.
Headline base salary bands for Melbourne & Victoria.
Inside the guide: a comprehensive breakdown of property and construction roles across development, funds and investment, commercial real estate, project delivery, sales and marketing, and operations and finance. Each includes range bands and typical medians.
ROLE
Development Manager
base range FY26/27
Senior Development Manager
$200k–$300k
$235k
Analyst
$130k–$200k
$80k–$150k
$155k
$130k
Asset Manager
$150k–$200k
$160k
Marketing Manager
$120k–$180k
$140k
All figures base salary, excluding super, FY26/27, Melbourne & Victoria. Source: scouted placement data + market analysis.
typical
what's inside.
This year, the story isn't just about pay.
macro insights.
National wages rose 3.3% over the year to May 2026: steady, and well off the highs of recent years. The bidding wars have cooled, but salary-awareness hasn't.
benefits & expectations.
Parental leave, ranked across 14 property firms, and the perks that actually move a decision in 2026.
tenure & retention.
How long people really stay, ranked across 91 Victorian property firms (median 3.6 years).
salary benchmarks.
Real bands across development, funds, construction, commercial, sales & marketing, operations and finance.
how we built it.
Our benchmarks are anchored to the roles we’ve placed since 2021: more than 480 permanent appointments across property and construction in private sector businesses across VIC.
Where we've got the data, we've shown you the real numbers. Where the market's thinner, we've drawn on supporting survey metrics from a database of 20,000+ candidates and a decade on the desk.
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20k+
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property salary questions, answered.
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In FY26/27, a Development Manager in Melbourne typically earns $130k–$200k base (excluding super), with most offers around $155k plus a 10–30% bonus. Figures are from scouted's real placement data across Victorian property.
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Wage growth has settled. Victorian wages rose 3.1% over the year to May 2026 (3.3% nationally), well off recent highs. Advertised salaries are running ahead at 4.1%, so job ads tend to overstate what's actually being paid.
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It spans widely by desk. Graduate roles start around $60k; mid-career managers sit $130k–$200k; senior directors and heads of function reach $300k–$600k. The full FY26/27 bands across six desks are in the guide.
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Most salary guides are built on surveys (what people think they're worth). Ours is anchored to more than 480 real placements across Victorian property and construction since 2021. Where we've placed enough people, the number is a real median, not an estimate.
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Beyond a fair base: genuine flexibility (92% now expect it), extra leave, visible career progression, super paid through parental leave, and real leadership. Pay gets people in the door; these are why they stay.
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Median tenure across 91 Victorian property firms is 3.6 years, ranging from about 1 year at the fastest-moving businesses to over 10 years at the most settled.