These facility management figures cover the measurement periods and populations identified in the available source material. Estimates, surveys and forecasts retain their reported scope.
Key Facility Management Statistics
The main findings are:
- The U.S. had an estimated 5.9 million commercial buildings in 2018 (United States commercial buildings).
- Commercial buildings spent $141 billion on energy in 2018 (United States commercial buildings).
- Office buildings represented 16% of commercial buildings (2018; United States office buildings).
- The United States had 131,400 facilities managers in May 2023 (United States facilities managers).
- OSHA released 2023 detailed injury and illness data covering more than 890,000 cases (Calendar year 2023; Covered U.S. workplaces).
- EPA says commercial-building energy use causes 16% of U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions (2023 release statement; United States commercial buildings).
- Those buildings contained 96 billion square feet of commercial floorspace (2018; United States commercial buildings).
- Average commercial-building energy expenditure was $1.46 per square foot (2018; United States commercial buildings).
- Office buildings represented 17% of commercial floorspace (2018; United States office buildings).
- Mean facilities-manager pay was $53.42 per hour in May 2023 (United States facilities managers).
- The OSHA 2023 data covered more than 91,000 workplaces (Calendar year 2023; Covered U.S. workplaces).
- EPA says commercial-building energy costs exceed $190 billion per year (2023 release statement; United States commercial buildings).
- Commercial buildings used 6,787 trillion Btu of energy (2018; United States commercial buildings).
- Average gross energy-use intensity was 70,400 Btu per square foot in 2018 (United States commercial buildings).
- Office buildings represented 16% of major-fuels consumption (2018; United States office buildings).
Contents
- Key Facility Management Statistics
- Facility management statistics: the size and composition of U.S. commercial buildings
- Facility management energy use, costs and efficiency trends
- Facility management statistics by building type and operating load
- Facilities manager employment, wages and workforce outlook
- Facility management safety and workplace incident data
- Facility management sustainability, certification and measured outcomes
Facility management statistics: the size and composition of U.S. commercial buildings
- The U.S. had an estimated 5.9 million commercial buildings in 2018 (United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Those buildings contained 96 billion square feet of commercial floorspace (2018; United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Commercial buildings used 6,787 trillion Btu of energy (2018; United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Warehouse/storage, office and service buildings together represented 48% of commercial buildings (2018; United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Office, mercantile and education buildings together accounted for 43% of commercial-building energy consumption (2018; United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- The average commercial building measured 16,300 square feet (2018; United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Lodging buildings averaged 33,700 square feet, the largest principal activity average (2018; United States lodging buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Education buildings averaged 31,100 square feet (2018; United States education buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Health-care buildings averaged 29,300 square feet (2018; United States health-care buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Food-service buildings averaged 4,800 square feet, the smallest principal-activity average (2018; United States food-service buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Hospitals averaged 264,800 square feet, while outpatient health-care buildings averaged 13,700 square feet (2018; United States inpatient and outpatient health care). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
CBECS is a sample-based estimate for its commercial-building population.
CBECS floorspace estimate; not all structures or industrial facilities.
Annual CBECS estimate; end-use values are modeled where applicable.
Principal-building-activity categories are mutually classified by CBECS definitions.
Rounded activity-group share.
Mean across the CBECS commercial-building population.
Mean includes the lodging category only.
Mean for CBECS education buildings.
Category average is affected by large inpatient facilities.
Mean for CBECS food-service buildings.
Subcategory means; hospitals materially affect the broader health-care average.
Facility management energy use, costs and efficiency trends
- Commercial buildings spent $141 billion on energy in 2018 (United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Average commercial-building energy expenditure was $1.46 per square foot (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Average gross energy-use intensity was 70,400 Btu per square foot in 2018 (United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Average gross energy-use intensity fell 12%, from 80,000 Btu per square foot in 2012 to 70,400 in 2018 (2012–2018; United States commercial buildings). (Use of energy in commercial…)
- Electricity supplied 60% of commercial-building energy consumption (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Commercial buildings used 1.2 billion megawatt-hours of electricity (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Commercial-building electricity expenditures totaled $119 billion (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Natural gas supplied 34% of commercial-building energy consumption (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Commercial buildings used 2.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Commercial-building natural-gas expenditures totaled $16 billion (2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Buildings and homes together consumed 75% of U.S. electricity (2024 page statement; United States buildings sector). (Building Energy Projects)
- Buildings and homes together consumed 40% of total U.S. energy (2024 page statement; United States buildings sector). (Building Energy Projects)
Annual CBECS expenditure estimate.
Average across all CBECS commercial floorspace.
Gross site-energy intensity; not source-energy intensity.
EIA describes the decrease as consistent with increased efficiency, but it is an association, not a controlled causal estimate.
Major-fuel share in CBECS key statistics.
Annual CBECS electricity consumption estimate.
Annual CBECS natural-gas consumption estimate.
DOE combines residential and commercial buildings; it is not a commercial-only metric.
Facility management statistics by building type and operating load
- Office buildings represented 16% of commercial buildings (2018; United States office buildings). (2018 CBECS Principal Building Activities:…)
- Office buildings represented 17% of commercial floorspace (2018; United States office buildings). (2018 CBECS Principal Building Activities:…)
- Office buildings represented 16% of major-fuels consumption (2018; United States office buildings). (2018 CBECS Principal Building Activities:…)
- Office buildings represented 19% of major-fuels expenditures (2018; United States office buildings). (2018 CBECS Principal Building Activities:…)
- Office buildings used 775 trillion Btu of electricity (2018; United States office buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Office buildings used 250 trillion Btu of natural gas (2018; United States office buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Education buildings used 328 trillion Btu of natural gas, the highest natural-gas use among principal activities (2018; United States education buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Inpatient health-care space heating had an energy intensity of 62.6 thousand Btu per square foot (2018; United States inpatient health-care buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Inpatient health-care ventilation had an energy intensity of 28.6 thousand Btu per square foot (2018; United States inpatient health-care buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- Food-service cooling had an energy intensity of 19.1 thousand Btu per square foot (2018; United States food-service buildings). (2018 CBECS: Principal Building Activities—Overview)
- All-electric buildings made up 31% of U.S. commercial buildings, or about 1.8 million buildings (2018; United States commercial buildings). (2018 CBECS data related to…)
- The number of commercial buildings increased 6% between 2012 and 2018 (2012–2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
- Commercial floorspace increased 11% between 2012 and 2018 (2012–2018; United States commercial buildings). (Energy statistics for U.S. commercial…)
CBECS principal-activity classification.
CBECS floorspace share.
Major fuels are the CBECS reported energy aggregate.
CBECS expenditure share.
Annual CBECS activity estimate.
End-use intensity is modeled by EIA and applies to the specified building type.
Modeled CBECS end-use intensity.
All-electric means only electricity for end uses electricity can perform; onsite generation may use other sources.
Comparison of CBECS cycles; values are survey estimates.
Facilities manager employment, wages and workforce outlook
- The United States had 131,400 facilities managers in May 2023 (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages, May…)
- Mean facilities-manager pay was $53.42 per hour in May 2023 (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages, May…)
- Mean annual facilities-manager pay was $111,110 in May 2023 (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages, May…)
- The May 2023 median hourly wage was $49.20 (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages, May…)
- The May 2023 10th-percentile hourly wage was $29.25 (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages, May…)
- The May 2023 90th-percentile hourly wage was $81.26 (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages, May…)
- Facilities-manager employment was 141,090 in May 2024, with a $55.06 mean hourly wage and $114,520 mean annual wage (United States facilities managers). (Occupational Employment and Wages—May 2024)
- BLS projected 12,500 average annual facilities-manager openings from 2023 to 2033 (2023–2033; United States facilities managers). (People and management skills: Career…)
- BLS projected 5.3% facilities-manager employment growth from 2023 to 2033 (2023–2033; United States facilities managers). (People and management skills: Career…)
- The projected 2023–2033 facilities-manager median annual wage was $102,340 (2023–2033 projection basis; United States facilities managers). (People and management skills: Career…)
BLS OEWS excludes self-employed workers.
Employer-survey wage estimate; annualized wages assume year-round full-time work.
BLS annual figure is based on 2,080 hours where applicable.
Median is the 50th percentile of wage estimates.
Percentile wage estimate, not a minimum wage.
Percentile wage estimate.
BLS national OEWS estimate; annual wage is an annualized measure.
Projection, not a guaranteed hiring count.
BLS projection subject to model assumptions and future conditions.
Median wage shown with the BLS projection chart; it is not a projected future wage.
Facility management safety and workplace incident data
- OSHA released 2023 detailed injury and illness data covering more than 890,000 cases (Calendar year 2023; Covered U.S. workplaces). (US Department of Labor announces…)
- The OSHA 2023 data covered more than 91,000 workplaces (Calendar year 2023; Covered U.S. workplaces). (US Department of Labor announces…)
Covers employers subject to the electronic recordkeeping/reporting requirements, not every workplace.
Coverage is limited to establishments submitting the required electronic records.
Facility management sustainability, certification and measured outcomes
- EPA says commercial-building energy use causes 16% of U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions (2023 release statement; United States commercial buildings). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- EPA says commercial-building energy costs exceed $190 billion per year (2023 release statement; United States commercial buildings). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- ENERGY STAR-certified buildings use an average of 35% less energy than typical buildings (EPA comparison stated in 2024; ENERGY STAR-certified commercial buildings versus typical buildings). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- ENERGY STAR-certified buildings produce an average of 35% less carbon dioxide emissions than typical buildings (EPA comparison stated in 2024; ENERGY STAR-certified commercial buildings versus typical buildings). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- A commercial building needs an ENERGY STAR score of at least 75 to earn certification (Certification rule stated in 2024; U.S. ENERGY STAR commercial-building program). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- More than 8,800 commercial buildings earned ENERGY STAR during 2023. (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- More than 43,000 buildings had earned ENERGY STAR certification by the end of 2023. (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- ENERGY STAR-certified buildings had saved nearly $6 billion on energy bills by the end of 2023 (Cumulative through end of 2023; United States ENERGY STAR-certified buildings). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- ENERGY STAR-certified buildings had prevented more than 23 million metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions by the end of 2023 (Cumulative through end of 2023; United States ENERGY STAR-certified buildings). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- EPA equated those avoided emissions with the annual emissions of more than 3 million homes (Cumulative through end of 2023; United States comparison). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- Los Angeles led the 2023 ENERGY STAR top-city list with 876 certified buildings (Los Angeles metropolitan area). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- Washington, D.C. had 631 ENERGY STAR-certified buildings in the 2023 top-city list (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area). (EPA Names Top Cities for…)
- USGBC reported more than 12 billion certified commercial square feet in February 2024 (Global LEED-certified commercial space). (USGBC Statistics—February 2024)
- USGBC reported more than 36,000 LEED Green Associates in February 2024 (Global LEED professional community). (USGBC Statistics—February 2024)
EPA’s sector estimate is broader than any one facility-management portfolio.
EPA national sector estimate; period is stated as annual, not a specific calendar-year total.
Average comparison, not a randomized trial or guaranteed savings for every building.
Average comparison; emissions depend on energy sources and building use.
The score indicates performance relative to similar buildings and is a certification threshold, not percent energy savings.
Annual certifications earned during the year, not the cumulative stock.
Cumulative count across the program’s covered building types.
EPA cumulative program estimate; nearly is rounded.
EPA cumulative program estimate; more than is a lower bound.
EPA’s equivalency comparison; it is not a count of homes served or affected.
Metro-area count as defined for EPA’s ranking, not city-proper only.
Metro-area count as defined for EPA’s ranking.
USGBC figure is for certified commercial square footage and is not limited to the United States.
Credential count is not a count of active facilities managers.