High paying management jobs in Columbus, IN

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, IN. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Columbus, IN run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, IN salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Columbus, IN · Employed

1Architectural and Engineering Managers$180,830
Bachelor's degree
$129,530 – $211,950310
2Marketing Managers$166,610
Bachelor's degree
$98,590 – $196,34040
3Managers, All Other$147,910
Bachelor's degree
$50,130 – $209,27040
4Financial Managers$143,590
Bachelor's degree
$78,340 – $217,100180
5Computer and Information Systems Managers$139,430
Bachelor's degree
$91,180 – $201,83090
6Administrative Services Managers$134,150
Bachelor's degree
$74,990 – $211,64080
7Industrial Production Managers$130,490
Bachelor's degree
$79,550 – $221,980360
8Human Resources Managers$124,230
Bachelor's degree
$79,230 – $169,15060
9Sales Managers$120,730
Bachelor's degree
$69,230 – $222,260130
10General and Operations Managers$112,760
Bachelor's degree
$59,090 – $241,960590
11Facilities Managers$110,720
Bachelor's degree
$81,190 – $196,82090
12Construction Managers$102,020
Bachelor's degree
$63,550 – $179,41040
13Medical and Health Services Managers$101,380
Bachelor's degree
$63,460 – $159,810170
14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$98,160
Master's degree
$72,750 – $129,27090
15Social and Community Service Managers$71,220
Bachelor's degree
$43,350 – $107,16040
16Food Service Managers$69,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,640 – $98,69040
17Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$61,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,390 – $97,62050

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$180,830	$129,530 – $211,950	310
2	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$166,610	$98,590 – $196,340	40
3	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$147,910	$50,130 – $209,270	40
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$143,590	$78,340 – $217,100	180
5	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$139,430	$91,180 – $201,830	90
6	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$134,150	$74,990 – $211,640	80
7	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,490	$79,550 – $221,980	360
8	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,230	$79,230 – $169,150	60
9	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$120,730	$69,230 – $222,260	130
10	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$112,760	$59,090 – $241,960	590
11	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$110,720	$81,190 – $196,820	90
12	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,020	$63,550 – $179,410	40
13	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$101,380	$63,460 – $159,810	170
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$98,160	$72,750 – $129,270	90
15	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$71,220	$43,350 – $107,160	40
16	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,800	$49,640 – $98,690	40
17	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,300	$40,390 – $97,620	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Columbus, IN. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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