Facilities Managers
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 11-3013.00United States
Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.
- Median annual earnings
- $106,156
- Projected change
- +7.3%
- Typical education
- Associate degree
- Employment
- 162.72K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
57.3% of the workforce
Growing to 174.65K by 2035
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The work
What facilities managers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Monitor the facility to ensure that it remains safe, secure, and well-maintained.
- Oversee the maintenance and repair of machinery, equipment, and electrical and mechanical systems.
- Oversee construction and renovation projects to improve efficiency and to ensure that facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards, and comply with government regulations.
- Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies.
- Participate in architectural and engineering planning and design, including space and installation management.
- Set goals and deadlines for the department.
- Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.
- Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Acquire, distribute and store supplies.
- Dispose of, or oversee the disposal of, surplus or unclaimed property.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $64,112
- 25th percentile
- $81,592
- 50th percentile
- $106,156
- 75th percentile
- $138,532
- 90th percentile
- $176,905
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $106,156 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+7.3%faster than average
2025162,718 jobs
2035 projected174,651 jobs
11,933 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Associate degree
- 57.3%
- High school diploma or less
- 14.6%
- Some college
- 11.3%
- Certificate
- 9.4%
- Bachelor's degree
- 7.2%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 0.2%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Facilities Managers8,457 postings
- 02Facilities Coordinators3,439 postings
- 03Facilities Technicians3,288 postings
- 04Facilities Engineers2,531 postings
- 05Maintenance Engineers2,474 postings
- 06Directors of Facilities2,406 postings
- 07Facilities Assistants2,310 postings
- 08Facilities Supervisors2,125 postings
- 09Facilities Project Managers1,382 postings
- 10Facilities Specialists1,371 postings
- 11Facilities Operations Managers1,057 postings
- 12Skilled Nursing Facility Registered Nurses649 postings
- 13Assistant Facilities Managers643 postings
- 14Regional Facilities Managers612 postings
- 15Application Development Engineers592 postings
- 16Facility Operations Assistants537 postings
- 17Data Center Facilities Managers424 postings
- 18Critical Facilities Managers419 postings
- 19Facility Operations Supervisors396 postings
- 20Engineers389 postings
Top employers
- 01CBRE1,187 postings
- 02JLL1,076 postings
- 03Aerotek739 postings
- 04Cardinal Health596 postings
- 05Cushman & Wakefield534 postings
- 06Robert Half430 postings
- 07Compass Group359 postings
- 08Aramark321 postings
- 09Colleyville Lifetime Fitness267 postings
- 10Sodexo267 postings
- 11LocumTenens.com259 postings
- 12Amazon249 postings
- 13Uline242 postings
- 14ABM Industries238 postings
- 15Oracle226 postings
- 16State of California224 postings
- 17Insight Global222 postings
- 18Life Time204 postings
- 19Aya Healthcare195 postings
- 20Clean Harbors192 postings
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