Facilities Manager salary
What a facilities manager actually earns, from 558 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-07.
Switch the market above to see facilities manager pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A facilities manager earns a blended US median near 92,800 dollars, with the typical middle running from 71,714 dollars to 119,332 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 104,690 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 7 percent since 2021. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is maintenance technician, at 36 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open facilities manager roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Technische:r Gebäudemanager:in at ISS Schweiz AGLuzern, Luzern, Switzerland2d agoApply
Facility Manager 60 - 100 % at BIBUS AGFehraltorf, Zürich, Switzerland3d agoApply- Facility Manager at Batterman Consulting Basel AGSchaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland3d agoApply
Facility Manager/in 100 % at MEDIPACK AGSchaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland3d agoApply- Junior Facility Manager:in, Baden at Equans Switzerland Facility Management AGBaden, Aargau, Switzerland3d agoApply
- Gebäudemanager 80-100% at CPS Personal AGBasel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland4d agoApply
By country
- United States$71,714$92,800$119,332
- United Kingdom$53,647$60,834$73,117
- Australia$78,837$88,277$104,491
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 10'375/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 12 Führungskräfte im kaufmännischen Bereich: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 124'500 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$130,300
- Delaware$129,540
- New York$128,050
- California$115,700
- Virginia$115,430
- Kansas$108,580
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a facilities manager profile already covers.
- 35 open pilot roles$158,669 median · +$65,869 · 15% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a facilities manager.
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Related salaries
- Maintenance Technician salary$54,789 median
- HVAC Technician salary$69,431 median
- Plumber salary$70,905 median
Quick answers
How much does a facilities manager make?
The blended US median is about 92,800 dollars, with a typical range from 71,714 dollars to 119,332 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 104,690 dollars.
Is facilities manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a facilities manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is maintenance technician, at 36 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-3013. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Facilities managers.” Live corpus 558 observations, 2026-09-07. Definitions in the glossary.