Facilites Management salary?

[Anonymous]

I'm looking to return to work after 3 years. My degree was in interior design with a minor in business, but I only worked in the field for about 5 years before having kids. A couple people have suggested facilites management as a possible career option for me. Anyone have any insight on salary? There seem to be several openings in the dc area but it's hard to gauge how much they might pay. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Asst. Director level between 110k to 130k, below that 60k to 85k.

[Anonymous]

If you have not worked in this field before you will be entry level with a salary of probably the low 40s.

[Anonymous]

Agree with 02:24. Most of the director level/asst director level folks I know have construction co experience, property management experience, or experience in a trade- at a high level.

[Anonymous]

I am a Facility Mngr. I have a BS in Arch, MS in Interior Design. 17years experience running interior construction projects in both commercial buildings and goventment locations. I make $110K.
When you are looking at jobs make sure you find out the after hours needs. I work with 2 other managers so we split the after hours calls. But one of us gets called into work almost every weekend for something. This is not a detail to overlook when you are job hunting if you have kids.

[Anonymous]

Thanks this is very helpful!

[Anonymous]

NP in FM at a lower level (while I fill some very useful niches, I am in charge of nothing and nobody).
Salary is higher than consulting (OP, do you have any kind of license/certification?) and work life balance is GENERALLY very easy.

However, 0823 raises a very valid point. There have been multiple periods of time where - for various reasons - I needed to be on site all day Saturday, say, starting at 6am. For a month straight. Etc. I could accommodate that b/c 1, it's not constant and 2, I have support in the area who can help out with childcare. But if something like that is a nonstarter for you, you will find it very difficult to move up at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP in FM at a lower level (while I fill some very useful niches, I am in charge of nothing and nobody).
Salary is higher than consulting (OP, do you have any kind of license/certification?) and work life balance is GENERALLY very easy.

However, 0823 raises a very valid point. There have been multiple periods of time where - for various reasons - I needed to be on site all day Saturday, say, starting at 6am. For a month straight. Etc. I could accommodate that b/c 1, it's not constant and 2, I have support in the area who can help out with childcare. But if something like that is a nonstarter for you, you will find it very difficult to move up at all.

Thanks, I could deal with type of schedule this on a project basis I think. I do have LEED AP and will finish the NCIDQ in March.

[Anonymous]

Why don't you hang out your own shingle as an interior designer? They have flexible hours and can charge up to $250/hr.