Management

Facilities Managers

SOC 11-3013

Oversee the physical maintenance and operation of buildings and campuses.

The job

Median pay

$107k

$82k to $139k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+4.6% projected

Openings a year

14k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

54th pct

More exposed than 54% of occupations · modeled estimate · 16th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

54/100

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Key skills

Critical Thinking
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Monitoring
Writing

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	20,550	1.1	1.1×	$119k
Texas	13,140	0.9	0.9×	$99k
New York	9,580	1.0	1.0×	$131k
Illinois	9,180	1.5	1.5×	$107k
Florida	8,620	0.9	0.9×	$99k
Pennsylvania	6,870	1.1	1.1×	$95k
Massachusetts	6,070	1.7	1.7×	$124k
Ohio	6,030	1.1	1.1×	$98k
New Jersey	5,690	1.3	1.3×	$124k
Maryland	5,210	1.9	1.9×	$98k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Michigan	4,920	1.1	1.1×	$98k
North Carolina	4,810	1.0	1.0×	$108k
Indiana	4,110	1.3	1.3×	$105k
Arizona	3,430	1.1	1.1×	$100k
Minnesota	3,000	1.0	1.0×	$110k
Virginia	2,950	0.7	0.7×	$117k
Washington	2,790	0.8	0.8×	$140k
Georgia	2,670	0.5	0.5×	$114k
Connecticut	2,650	1.6	1.6×	$111k
Tennessee	2,580	0.8	0.8×	$107k
Iowa	2,340	1.5	1.5×	$99k
Colorado	2,150	0.7	0.7×	$123k
Wisconsin	2,010	0.7	0.7×	$104k
Missouri	1,920	0.7	0.7×	$100k
Oregon	1,830	0.9	0.9×	$111k
Utah	1,770	1.0	1.0×	$99k
South Carolina	1,750	0.8	0.8×	$104k
Nebraska	1,430	1.4	1.4×	$102k
Nevada	1,250	0.8	0.8×	$102k
Louisiana	1,160	0.6	0.6×	$97k
Kansas	1,080	0.8	0.8×	$117k
Kentucky	1,070	0.5	0.5×	$101k
Oklahoma	1,040	0.6	0.6×	$90k
Alabama	940	0.4	0.4×	$121k
Washington DC	930	1.3	1.3×	$116k
Mississippi	930	0.8	0.8×	$94k
Arkansas	880	0.7	0.7×	$90k
Alaska	870	2.7	2.7×	$114k
Hawaii	760	1.2	1.2×	$109k
Maine	670	1.0	1.0×	$98k
Idaho	610	0.7	0.7×	$100k
West Virginia	610	0.9	0.9×	$95k
New Hampshire	550	0.8	0.8×	$107k
Vermont	500	1.6	1.6×	$89k
Rhode Island	470	0.9	0.9×	$107k
New Mexico	390	0.4	0.5×	$108k
South Dakota	370	0.8	0.8×	$101k
Montana	340	0.7	0.7×	$96k
North Dakota	270	0.6	0.6×	$92k
Delaware	240	0.5	0.5×	$129k
Wyoming	190	0.7	0.7×	$106k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,210 jobs · $134k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,790 jobs · $113k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA6,630 jobs · $115k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4,580 jobs · $127k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,190 jobs · $110k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,330 jobs · $104k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,200 jobs · $106k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,100 jobs · $134k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.