Does CoStar Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CoStar Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CoStar Group. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CoStar Group?

33% of CoStar Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CoStar Group 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.4 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CoStar Group?

Research Associate (393) , Account Executive (116) , Sales Associate (99) , Software Engineer (73) , Sales (70) , Sales Executive (62) , Tenant Research Associate (60) , Client Relationship Consultant (59) , Architectural Photographer (47) , Associate Research Consultant (43) , Research Associate II (42) , Research Analyst (40) , Researcher (38) , Account Manager (26) , Field Research Photographer (26)

What are the pros of working at CoStar Group according to real employee reviews?

"between understanding corporate structure more and having great benefits etc" ((in 497 reviews)); "Pay is good and commission." ((in 318 reviews)); "They were great people because they were in the same boat as many others... (Read: not sure of where they wanted to go in life.)" ((in 148 reviews)); "Good salary for recent graduates/if you're new to the industry" ((in 91 reviews)); "They will hire you with little experience and some forge coworkers are really great!" ((in 83 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CoStar Group according to real employee reviews?

"They use these surveys to judge good managers based on questions that do not reflect their management." ((in 158 reviews)); "Upper management is completely out of touch with researchers day to day and implement changes without any consultation with researchers." ((in 123 reviews)); "Toxic culture and sales/firing tactics" ((in 115 reviews)); "This company and its wacky CEO are crazy." ((in 66 reviews)); "you are watched constantly; senior leadership does not trust it's employees; there is no work" ((in 62 reviews))

What are employees saying about CoStar Group layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CoStar Group layoffs and their outlook for job security at CoStar Group in 2026.

What are the top reviewed CoStar Group locations?

Richmond , Washington , Atlanta , San Diego , Irvine , Columbia , Los Angeles , Norfolk , San Francisco , New York , Chicago , Boston , Bethesda , Arlington , Dallas , Austin , Baltimore , Hendersonville , Saint Louis , Houston , Nashville , Seattle , Minneapolis , Denver , White Marsh , Portland , Miami , Buckhead , Phoenix , La Jolla

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CoStar Group reviews

2.7

33% would recommend to a friend

(3,028 total reviews)

Andrew C. Florance

31% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.7

Career opportunities

2.4

Culture & values

2.3

Senior management

CoStar Group has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,028 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CoStar Group employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Apr 24, 2017

horrible place to work

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office location, apparently the benefits are good, but I wouldn't be able to tell that's just what I've heard. Healthy snacks are available for employees.

Cons

Horrible work environment. Performance is calculated by completely unrealistic standards whimsically developed by aggressive and fanatical executive oversight with fear based implementation. Advancement opportunities are bleak/non-existent and favoritism is rampant.

CoStar Group Response

Thanks for leaving a review. Our performance metrics are carefully calibrated to help researchers excel and to deliver exceptional value for our clients. If you don’t understand your benefits or are not making use of them we definitely want to fix that. Make sure to reach out to your manager or hrdepartment@costar.com to resolve this!

2.0

Apr 20, 2017

Wouldn't Recommend

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cool if you're coming right out of college, people have either been here more than 15 years or less than 5 it seems.

Cons

Constant change, what is expected changes quarter to quarter, metric driven, no real room for advancement

2.0

Apr 17, 2017

Research Associate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Like everyone else has already said, pay and benefits are the only good things about the research associate position. Nice facilities too.

Cons

Terrible Environment and morale. This is a call center! Some of the metrics are impossible. They want you to average 20 calls a day with around 250-300 contacts in a port. Let's do the math. If you talk to every contact in your port in 20 days of work for a month, that averages to 12.5- 15 calls a day and that is assuming EVERY person answers and talks to you for 1 min 30 seconds. Yet they still want you to average 20 calls a day which is by the numbers not possible. All they care about is calls, nothing else. Doesn't matter if you have a level 1 portfolio or level 3 portfolio, where clients pay you a lot of money to see correct and accurate information, they just want you to make calls. Around 100 dial outs a day

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