Critical Facilities Manager Salary in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

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BLS does not measure Critical Facilities Manager as its own occupation, so this page uses Facilities Managers (SOC 11-3013, broader occupation). The median annual wage in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN was $113,150 (BLS, May 2025), and the middle half earned $89,330 to $138,710. That is $6,490 above the national median of $106,660.

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Broader occupation

Facilities Managers is a broader occupation based on the work described, not a separate data center wage series. BLS does not distinguish this title, experience level, shift, credentials or data center employers. Confirm the actual duties before using this comparison.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Facilities Managers, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, annual wages
Point	Annual wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$69,110	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$89,330	25% earned less than this.
Median	$113,150	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$138,710	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$174,540	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$119,840	Average wage.

Facilities Managers, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, hourly wages
Point	Hourly wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$33.22	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$42.95	25% earned less than this.
Median	$54.4	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$66.69	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$83.91	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$57.62	Average wage.

United States

Facilities Managers, United States, annual wages
Point	Annual wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$64,480	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$82,020	25% earned less than this.
Median	$106,660	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$138,870	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$176,120	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$116,890	Average wage.

Facilities Managers, United States, hourly wages
Point	Hourly wage	Meaning
10th percentile	$31	10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than this.
25th percentile	$39.43	25% earned less than this.
Median	$51.28	Half earned less, half earned more.
75th percentile	$66.76	75% earned less than this.
90th percentile	$84.67	90% earned less than this.
Mean	$56.2	Average wage.

What BLS wages include: base pay plus any guaranteed or production-based incentive pay. What they leave out: overtime, discretionary bonus, benefits, per diem and relocation.

Employment: 6,790. Location quotient: 1.5.

Location quotient measures job concentration, not pay. A value above 1 means the occupation makes up a larger share of local jobs than it does nationally. It says nothing about wages.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 11-3013 Facilities Managers, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. View this release at BLS.

Pay relative to all occupations

Median for this occupation divided by the all-occupations median, same area, same annual basis
Measure	Value
This occupation, median	$113,150
All occupations (SOC 00-0000), median	$54,720
Relative wage	2.07 times

A ratio of 1.00 means the same median as all workers in the area. It is arithmetic on two BLS medians, not a BLS statistic.

Change since the prior BLS release

Median annual wage, same SOC and same BLS area code, two releases
Reference period	Median
May 2024	$105,700
May 2025	$113,150
Difference	+$7,450 (+7.0%)

Two published BLS values, shown as released. Not annualized, not adjusted for inflation, and BLS metro boundaries and survey panels can differ between releases.

What is inside the BLS pay figure

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Pay components for Critical Facilities Operations roles against the BLS wage definition
Component	In the BLS figure?	Note
Base rate and guaranteed pay	Included	BLS counts the "base rate" and "guaranteed pay".
Production and incentive pay	Included	BLS counts "incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses".
On-call pay matters here	Included	BLS lists "on-call pay" and "hazardous-duty pay" as wages.
Overtime pay	Left out	BLS excludes "overtime pay". Straight-time pay only.
Shift differentials matters here	Left out	BLS excludes "shift differentials", so night and weekend premiums are not in the figure.
Project-completion and discretionary bonuses	Depends on the terms	Guaranteed pay and production incentives are included. Discretionary nonproduction bonuses are excluded. Check how the payment is defined.
Per diem, travel and relocation	Left out	BLS does not name these as wages. They are expense reimbursements and are not in the figure.
Benefits and employer costs	Left out	BLS excludes "employer costs for supplementary benefits".

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Recruiter's read

Qualitative, not from BLS data.

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What the published rows say about Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is represented here by Facilities Managers, SOC 11-3013, in the May 2025 OEWS release. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, data Center Headhunters uses the broader crosswalk for this title; the occupation row, rather than a separate survey of Critical Facilities Manager, supplies the figures on this page. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, the published annual median is $113,150 and the middle-half endpoints are $89,330 and $138,710.

The Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN middle-half band spans $49,380 on the annual basis. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, its lower quarter-to-median distance is $23,820, compared with $25,560 from the median to the upper quarter. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, the upper interval is at least as wide as the other interval in this row. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, for an offer against this Critical Facilities Manager crosswalk, these are published reference points, not experience grades; the width does not establish a reason for differences between individual workers.

At $113,150, the Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median is $6,490 above the $106,660 national median for the same SOC 11-3013 and annual basis. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, that comparison is arithmetic on two May 2025 BLS rows. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, it is not a cost-of-living adjustment for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, and it does not establish a separate data center premium for Critical Facilities Manager.

Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN can also be compared with Kankakee, IL, where the annual median for Facilities Managers is $93,590 in May 2025. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, this is among the two nearest usable metropolitan reference points to the Census area internal point. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, the Critical Facilities Manager crosswalk comparison differs by $19,560 from the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median.

Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN can also be compared with Niles, MI, where the annual median for Facilities Managers is $76,960 in May 2025. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, this is among the two nearest usable metropolitan reference points to the Census area internal point. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, the Critical Facilities Manager crosswalk comparison differs by $36,190 from the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN median.

Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has no local industry-by-occupation wage breakdown in the loaded OEWS rows. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, the highest published national industry medians loaded for SOC 11-3013 are Oil and Gas Extraction at $211,660 and Oil and Gas Extraction at $211,660. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, these May 2025 observations describe the national Facilities Managers occupation in those industries, not the pay of data center employers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN; they cannot support a local industry ranking.

The Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN matched median changed from $105,700 in May 2024 to $113,150 in May 2025, a difference of $7,450 up. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, both observations use SOC 11-3013, area code 16980 and the same annual wage basis. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, this Critical Facilities Manager comparison reports the released values without adjusting for inflation, annualizing the change or attributing it to a particular employer.

Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN uses the OEWS straight-time wage definition, not a complete cost-to-employ budget. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, for an offer mapped to Facilities Managers, separate overtime, shift differentials and expense reimbursements from the annual figures for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN; BLS excludes those categories. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, on-call pay, guaranteed pay and production incentives are included under the wage definition. For Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, no Critical Facilities Manager-specific per diem, travel allowance or relocation amount is observed in this row, so this May 2025 page adds no dollar allowance on top.

Questions about Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Which BLS row supports Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Critical Facilities Manager is mapped to SOC 11-3013, Facilities Managers; the May 2025 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN annual median is $113,150. The mapping is broader, not a separate survey of this niche title.

Does the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN figure show all offer costs for Critical Facilities Manager?

Critical Facilities Manager pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN uses straight-time OEWS wages. Overtime and shift differentials are excluded; on-call and guaranteed pay are included. No allowance for travel or relocation is added to this 11-3013 observation.

Nearest-area selection uses Census Gazetteer internal points, not road distance. Source: 2025 Census Gazetteer.