Facility Manager
Impact: Operational, Environmental
Manages and maintains buildings and grounds, ensuring a safe, efficient, and comfortable environment for occupants. Oversees operations, maintenance, security, and services.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Balanced
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Low
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Limited Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $75,000
- Entry-level
- $55,000
- Senior
- $105,000
- Growth by 2033
- 6%
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- 40%
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $50,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Project Management
- Budget Management
- Building Systems
- Contract Management
- Safety Regulations
Soft skills
- Leadership
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Organization
- Negotiation
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Assistant Facility Manager
- Facility Manager
- Senior Facility Manager
- Director of Facilities
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15%
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate