High paying management jobs in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA. 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA run 3.7% above the national average (2024), so a Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA · Employed

1Chief Executives$204,190
Bachelor's degree
$140,980 – $369,120130
2Sales Managers$172,550
Bachelor's degree
$97,350 – $268,630240
3Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$166,910
Master's degree
$111,020 – $174,030270
4Marketing Managers$166,790
Bachelor's degree
$98,300 – $260,740180
5Architectural and Engineering Managers$164,550
Bachelor's degree
$139,480 – $219,31090
6Managers, All Other$149,820
Bachelor's degree
$84,830 – $216,330260
7Public Relations Managers$148,090
Bachelor's degree
$103,490 – $183,340150
8Natural Sciences Managers$145,560
Bachelor's degree
$108,160 – $196,590110
9Financial Managers$142,500
Bachelor's degree
$105,030 – $234,110670
10Construction Managers$142,500
Bachelor's degree
$98,800 – $213,470160
11Computer and Information Systems Managers$140,160
Bachelor's degree
$113,700 – $227,360690
12Medical and Health Services Managers$137,870
Bachelor's degree
$89,380 – $231,950330
13Human Resources Managers$135,610
Bachelor's degree
$109,190 – $186,440240
14Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$129,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$83,000 – $167,51090
15Administrative Services Managers$128,680
Bachelor's degree
$90,380 – $178,320130
16Purchasing Managers$128,600
Bachelor's degree
$103,000 – $180,20070
17Facilities Managers$128,110
Bachelor's degree
$94,430 – $168,81090
18General and Operations Managers$122,210
Bachelor's degree
$90,210 – $193,4003,670
19Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$113,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$73,710 – $173,47060
20Social and Community Service Managers$108,380
Bachelor's degree
$75,150 – $157,970220
21Industrial Production Managers$108,070
Bachelor's degree
$93,730 – $165,79060
22Food Service Managers$86,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,430 – $136,61040
23Education Administrators, All Other$76,700
Bachelor's degree
$61,260 – $154,90050

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

#	Occupation	MedianOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$204,190	$140,980 – $369,120	130
2	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$172,550	$97,350 – $268,630	240
3	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$166,910	$111,020 – $174,030	270
4	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$166,790	$98,300 – $260,740	180
5	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$164,550	$139,480 – $219,310	90
6	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$149,820	$84,830 – $216,330	260
7	Public Relations ManagersBachelor's degree	$148,090	$103,490 – $183,340	150
8	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$145,560	$108,160 – $196,590	110
9	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$142,500	$105,030 – $234,110	670
10	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$142,500	$98,800 – $213,470	160
11	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$140,160	$113,700 – $227,360	690
12	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$137,870	$89,380 – $231,950	330
13	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$135,610	$109,190 – $186,440	240
14	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$129,050	$83,000 – $167,510	90
15	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,680	$90,380 – $178,320	130
16	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,600	$103,000 – $180,200	70
17	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,110	$94,430 – $168,810	90
18	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$122,210	$90,210 – $193,400	3,670
19	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$113,200	$73,710 – $173,470	60
20	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$108,380	$75,150 – $157,970	220
21	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$108,070	$93,730 – $165,790	60
22	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,630	$62,430 – $136,610	40
23	Education Administrators, All OtherBachelor's degree	$76,700	$61,260 – $154,900	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA. 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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