Vocational Programs for Facilities Managers Career

The role of Facilities Managers is to plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $111,110 and $53 per hour. 12 vocational programs could be taken for the Facilities Managers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 131,400 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Facilities Managers is $14,535. The average length of the programs is 531 hours and the average completion time is 12.02 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Facilities Managers Career

The following 12 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Facilities Managers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Facilities Managers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Engineering/Industrial Management	7	$29,880	-	-	-
Facilities Planning and Management	4	$20,778	-	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	11	$34,432	-	-	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	25	$24,445	-	-	-
Building/Property Maintenance	108	$13,054	$1,202	673 Hours	8.17 Months
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	50	$23,032	-	-	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	17	$1,000	-	-	-
Business/Commerce	223	$28,844	-	547 Hours	11.68 Months
Business Administration and Management	665	$29,282	$1,819	135 Hours	19.24 Months
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	26	$19,068	-	-	-
Operations Management and Supervision	63	$24,670	-	-	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	81	$14,804	$861	769 Hours	9.00 Months

Related Occupations to Facilities Managers Career

The following 33 occupations are related to Facilities Managers.

Related Occupations toFacilities Managers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
General and Operations Managers	3,508K	$129,330	$62
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Computer and Information Systems Managers	593K	$180,720	$87
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	199K	$111,870	$54
Construction Managers	329K	$116,960	$56
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	284K	$78,400	$38
Emergency Management Directors	11,910	$93,690	$45
Managers, All Other	590K	$146,320	$70
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,103K	$89,130	$43
Computer Systems Analysts	499K	$110,800	$53
Information Security Analysts	175K	$124,740	$60
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Civil Engineers	328K	$101,160	$49
Environmental Engineers	39,880	$105,840	$51
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	22,510	$108,740	$52
Industrial Engineers	333K	$103,150	$50
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	122K	$85,570	$41
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	64,900	$59,580	$29
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	10,660	$42,460	$20
Security Guards	1,203K	$40,440	$19
Protective Service Workers, All Other	82,500	$47,420	$23
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	171K	$49,980	$24
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	777K	$81,340	$39
Construction and Building Inspectors	134K	$72,880	$35
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	590K	$79,020	$38
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	83,540	$57,400	$28
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,503K	$49,650	$24

Schools offering vocational programs for Facilities Managers

The following 947 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Facilities Managers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.