The 2025 Facility Management Salary Survey offers facility executives critical insight into pay trends, helping them compete for scarce talent in a tightening labor market. By comparing their compensation packages to national benchmarks, leaders can better attract and retain the professionals managing facilities across the United States.
Demand is high for nearly every role in facility management, including positions at the executive level. Yet, finding qualified candidates is increasingly difficult. With many employees already in their mid-to-late 50s, a wave of retirements is on the horizon — bringing with it the risk of major turnover in just a few years.
Since facility management is a wide-ranging profession, this research features five titles (a separate set of articles will feature five additional topics centered on maintenance-related tasks). The five titles included here are: Chief or vice president of facilities; director of facilities; facility manager, facility coordinator; and property manager.
Within each title, the data is broken down further by eight sub-categories: Education Level, Budget, Geography, Market Type, Square Footage, Years of Experience, Certifications, and Gender. By providing multiple perspectives on compensation, the report enables facility professionals to more accurately gauge whether the salaries and bonuses they offer are competitive in the labor market.
The data is presented in both average and median numbers for each of these sub-categories. The median indicates a middle point of data. Half who responded earned less than the median, while half earned more. Numbers that are extremely high or low do not distort it. Having industry benchmarks for both averages and medians can help facility professionals go to top management and make the case for an increase in pay. Or show employees that they already receive competitive compensation.
The entire salary series uses salary data from 1,718 facility management personnel who completed a survey in spring 2025. To compare this year’s data to 2023 numbers, access the previous report here.
2025 Data for Facility Executive Compensation
Salaries for Chief of Facilities or Vice President of Facilities
Salaries for Director of Facilities or Senior Managers
Salaries for Facility Managers
