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Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager profiles score highest on Influencing and Organizing. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

Median pay
$106,660per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education
Vocational training or associate's degreetypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 11-3013.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.

Skills rated most important

Speaking72
Active Listening69
Critical Thinking69
Monitoring69
Reading Comprehension69

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams95
Contact With Others93
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled87
Spend Time Sitting59
Spend Time Standing48
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled46
Spend Time Walking or Running41
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body27
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling23
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles21
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance17

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Facilities Manager profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Influencing72
Organizing72
Safety-Seeking63
Persevering59
Operating53
Law-Abiding45
Helping43
Harmonizing39
Exploring36
Analyzing28
Creating12

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

  • High Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • High Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.

Friction points

  • Low Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • Low Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.
  • Low Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Vocational training or associate's degree.

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

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.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

How much of this work AI can already do, and how much AI tools help the people doing it, is scored task by task in the AI Risk Index.

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