Facilities Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.
156,180 people do this job in the US. $106,660 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 46%
- 0%
- 54%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 8%. Today's estimate: 12%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oversee construction and renovation projects to improve efficiency and to ensure that facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards, and comply with government regulations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 26% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 20% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Oversee the maintenance and repair of machinery, equipment, and electrical and mechanical systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 1.7 h38 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor the facility to ensure that it remains safe, secure, and well-maintained.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Participate in architectural and engineering planning and design, including space and installation management.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 8% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 23%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Set goals and deadlines for the department.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | 72%Half by now | |
| Manage leasing of facility space.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 5% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.1 work days | 7%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | 51%Half by now | |
| Acquire, distribute and store supplies.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 1% | 1.7 h50 min to 4.2 h | 82%Half by now | |
| Dispose of, or oversee the disposal of, surplus or unclaimed property.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 0.7% | 1.7 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- General and Operations Managers19% now, 43% by 2028
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General5% now, 15% by 2028
- Construction Managers11% now, 53% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers39% now, 56% by 2028
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers14% now, 67% by 2028
- Administrative Services Managers18% now, 63% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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