Salary, Rewards and Sentiments

The latest Macdonald & Company annual Salary, Rewards and Sentiments Report 2026 is now live.

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Real Estate Salary Survey 2026

The most comprehensive salary benchmarking for real estate professionals and employers.

Real estate continues to navigate evolving workplaces, characterised by changing salaries, shifting attitudes towards benefits, and new candidate expectations.

Our 2026 report draws on key trends affecting real estate professionals, including the growing influence of AI, evolving return-to-office policies, increased job retention (“job-hugging”) and the impact of global events on compensation.

For 26 years, our report has remained the most comprehensive benchmark for remuneration and sentiments in real estate, empowering hiring professionals and employers to make strategic decisions that enhance their workforce and talent management strategies.

Using our salary report

Benchmark salaries and bonuses across real estate professions, by location, sector experience, and more.

Learn what employment benefit packages, other than salary, appeal the most to professionals today.

Discover emerging employment trends, flexible working mandates, as well as changing sentiments of those in the industry.

Compare how the same professions are awarded internationally.

2026 Report

Key findings from our latest Salary, Rewards and Sentiments Report

For over twenty years, our ‘Salary, Rewards and Sentiments’ survey report remains the benchmark of remuneration and attitudes across the international real estate industry, referencing 12,000 international salaries.

Peter Moore MRICS

CEO, Macdonald & Company

65%

of respondents’ pay has increased, with an average uplift of 11%.

7 in 10

of those in real estate work on a flexible or hybrid basis, down from 92% last year.

1/2

say their organisation or their team use AI in the workplace.

52%

of those in the industry plan to move jobs this year.

Salary Guides

Find salary guides by profession, including bonuses, flexible working patterns, sentiments and more.

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Benchmark salaries and rewards for your employment strategy

Hiring managers can request a detailed report on salary, bonus and other monetary/non-monetary benefits to benchmark selected professions in like-for-like organisations.

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