How much do facilities managers make in 2026?
Facilities managers earn a national median of $106,660 a year ($51.28 an hour) according to BLS OEWS May 2025 for SOC 11-3013, facilities managers, with the bottom 10% near $64,480 and the top 10% at $176,120 across 156,180 workers. This is the exact occupational code, and this site publishes several records against it because employers use a wide range of titles for the same function. Three variables explain most of the band. Portfolio: square footage, number of buildings and geographic spread determine how much a manager is accountable for. Sector: pharmaceutical, semiconductor, data centre and healthcare facilities pay well above commercial office, because downtime is measured in millions rather than in inconvenience and because regulated environments impose validation and documentation obligations. Criticality: managing a building where failure interrupts production or patient care is a different job from managing one where it interrupts email. Beyond those, the managers who reach the top of this band are the ones who treat facilities as an asset and financial function — total cost of ownership, condition assessment, capital planning, energy performance — rather than as a reactive maintenance service. Employment is projected to grow 3.8% through 2034 with roughly 13,200 openings a year. → Full facilities manager career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $106,660 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Facilities Managers earn a national median $106,660/yr ($51.28/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3013); the P10 to P90 range is $64,480 to $176,120.
- Portfolio scale, sector and criticality account for most of the $64,480 to $176,120 spread — the same title covers very different accountability.
- Pharmaceutical, semiconductor, data centre and healthcare facilities pay well above commercial office, because downtime costs are orders of magnitude larger and regulated environments add documentation obligations.
- The managers at the top of the band run facilities as an asset and financial function — total cost of ownership, condition assessment, capital planning — rather than as a reactive maintenance service.
US Facilities Manager Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do facilities managers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 11-3013; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3013, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a facilities manager earn at each career stage?
Facilities management pay follows portfolio scale and how much financial accountability sits with the role. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 11-3013.
By State
Which states pay facilities managers the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the national facilities manager median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. For this occupation the sector mix of a state matters more than its wage level, because a pharmaceutical or data centre facility pays quite differently from an office of the same size.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($122,660), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay facilities managers the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations. Metros with concentrated life sciences, semiconductor or data centre activity carry the best-paid roles in this occupation.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a facilities manager’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does facilities manager pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Facilities Managers sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify facilities manager wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a facilities manager actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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