Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
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Occupation · SOC 11-3013.00
Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.
Also called: Facilities Director · Facilities Maintenance Manager · Facilities Manager · Facilities Operations Manager (Facilities Ops Manager) · Building Maintenance Superintendent · Building Services Supervisor · Facilities Coordinator · Facilities Engineer · Facilities Operations Specialist (Facilities Ops Specialist) · Maintenance Superintendent · Building Manager · Conference Center Manager
Job family: Management Occupations
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AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+3.8% by 2034)
- 13,200 openings/yr
- Low AI exposure
- Median pay $104,690/yr
32nd-percentile task overlap — yet about 13,200 openings a year (+3.8% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Moderate | 52nd | 0.6 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Low | 15th | 0.1 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.0), with simple added tooling (β 0.3), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.6). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +3.8% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 13,200 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 151,400 → 157,100 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Tasks
All 11 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Monitor the facility to ensure that it remains safe, secure, and well-maintained. · importance 4.5
- Oversee the maintenance and repair of machinery, equipment, and electrical and mechanical systems. · importance 4.5
- Oversee construction and renovation projects to improve efficiency and to ensure that facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards, and comply with government regulations. · importance 4.2
- Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies. · importance 4.1
- Participate in architectural and engineering planning and design, including space and installation management. · importance 4.0
- Set goals and deadlines for the department. · importance 4.0
- Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff. · importance 3.9
- Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency. · importance 3.7
- Manage leasing of facility space. · importance 3.6
- Acquire, distribute and store supplies. · importance 3.5
- Dispose of, or oversee the disposal of, surplus or unclaimed property. · importance 3.0
Emerging tasks
Newer responsibilities O*NET has flagged as growing for this occupation.
- Plan, create, and manage budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies.
- Review and approve payroll for employees.
Work activities
- Manage inventories of products or organizational resources.
- Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
- Conduct employee training programs.
- Allocate physical resources within organizations.
- Monitor facilities or operational systems.
- Manage construction activities.
- Direct facility maintenance or repair activities.
- Plan facility layouts or designs.
- Prepare operational budgets.
- Prepare operational progress or status reports.
- Develop organizational goals or objectives.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Knowledge
Essential skills
| Speaking | 3.9 | |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | |
| Monitoring | 3.8 | |
| Writing | 3.3 | |
| Active Learning | 3.1 |
Abilities
| Oral Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Written Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Oral Expression | 3.8 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.8 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.8 | |
| Written Expression | 3.6 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 3.6 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 3.6 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.6 | |
| Near Vision | 3.5 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.5 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.1 | |
| Far Vision | 3.1 |
Transferable skills
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.6 | |
| Coordination | 3.6 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.5 | |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.5 | |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | |
| Time Management | 3.4 | |
| Instructing | 3.3 | |
| Persuasion | 3.1 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
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Tools & technology
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Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 3 — Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
- Typical entry-level education
- Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Preparation level
- SVP (6.0 to < 7.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services , Construction Trades , Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians , Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences , Health Professions and Related Programs , Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies , Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 57.3% | |
| High School Diploma | 14.6% | |
| Some College Courses | 11.3% | |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 9.4% | |
| Bachelor's Degree | 7.1% | |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 0.2% | |
| Master's Degree | 0.2% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Interest areas
| Management/Administration | 6.2 | |
| Engineering | 3.4 | |
| Mechanics/Electronics | 3.3 | |
| Construction/Woodwork | 3.1 | |
| Accounting | 2.9 | |
| Human Resources | 2.8 | |
| Office Work | 2.7 | |
| Business Initiatives | 2.6 | |
| Public Speaking | 2.6 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Enterprising | 5.3 | |
| Conventional | 5.3 | |
| Realistic | 4.2 | |
| Social | 3.6 | |
| Investigative | 2.6 |
Work styles
| Dependability | 4.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 3.0 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $62,550 |
| 25th percentile | $80,150 |
| Median (50th) | $104,690 |
| 75th percentile | $135,650 |
| 90th percentile | $173,080 |
| People employed | 141,090 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Services · Sector | 18,990 | $98,430 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | 17,210 | $125,640 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 15,780 | $96,470 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 9,670 | $97,620 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 8,350 | $122,240 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 8,120 | $91,050 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 7,030 | $128,970 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 6,930 | $104,990 |
| Accommodation and Food Services · Sector | 6,670 | $93,560 |
| Transportation and Warehousing · Sector | 5,940 | $118,710 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 5,080 | $80,370 |
| Wholesale Trade · Sector | 4,610 | $102,890 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Electric Power Generation · National industry | 6.47× | 220 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector | 3.36× | 8,120 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 3.25× | 8,350 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector | 3.2× | 6,930 |
| Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation · National industry | 3.07× | 200 |
| Casino Hotels · National industry | 2.79× | 860 |
| Utilities · Sector | 2.09× | 1,110 |
| Television Broadcasting Stations · National industry | 1.85× | 110 |
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What you can do with this
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Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Bachelor's degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 3 — Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · field of study
- Construction Trades · field of study
Zoom out
See where this work sits in the bigger picture.
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Facilities Managers show 32nd-percentile AI task overlap — and about 13,200 annual U.S. openings
- Facilities Managers rank in the 32nd percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 13,200 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+3.8%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $104,690, across about 141,090 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Facilities Managers show 32nd-percentile AI task overlap — and about 13,200 annual U.S. openings • Facilities Managers rank in the 32nd percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 13,200 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+3.8%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $104,690, across about 141,090 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Facilities Managers". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3013-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Singulariki. "Facilities Managers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3013-00
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Singulariki. (2026). Facilities Managers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3013-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-11-3013-00,
title = {Facilities Managers},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3013-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.