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Facilities Managers pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and Kennewick-Richland, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Facilities Managers is $117,150 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $157,120 per year in Kennewick-Richland, WA. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 25.4% below Kennewick-Richland, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3013 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 650 wage and salary jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 90 in Kennewick-Richland, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings