Medical and Health Services Managers salary
SOC 11-9111 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $73,390
- 25th
- $94,700
- Median
- $123,860
- 75th
- $166,100
- 90th
- $224,340
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- Bachelor's degree
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where medical and health services managers earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $164,120 | 107.9 | 33,200 | 0.89× |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $155,140 | 109.9 | 2,010 | 0.75× |
| 3 | Hawaii | $147,630 | 110.0 | 2,650 | 1.10× |
| 4 | New Jersey | $145,650 | 108.8 | 16,900 | 1.03× |
| 5 | Washington | $145,290 | 107.0 | 7,490 | 0.55× |
| 6 | Oregon | $141,690 | 103.4 | 5,550 | 0.73× |
| 7 | California | $141,480 | 110.7 | 75,090 | 1.07× |
| 8 | Colorado | $134,910 | 103.1 | 8,400 | 0.76× |
| 9 | Delaware | $134,820 | 99.8 | 1,560 | 0.84× |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $134,360 | 105.8 | 17,600 | 1.26× |
| 11 | Alaska | $132,240 | 102.4 | 1,640 | 1.31× |
| 12 | Georgia | $131,910 | 96.3 | 11,130 | 0.59× |
| 13 | Maryland | $131,810 | 105.0 | 17,030 | 1.60× |
| 14 | Connecticut | $130,790 | 103.6 | 8,020 | 1.23× |
| 15 | New Hampshire | $130,410 | 104.2 | 2,460 | 0.94× |
| 16 | Virginia | $129,270 | 101.1 | 10,210 | 0.65× |
| 17 | Arizona | $128,850 | 100.7 | 11,840 | 0.95× |
| 18 | Vermont | $128,690 | 98.0 | 860 | 0.74× |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $128,320 | 94.1 | 7,230 | 0.64× |
| 20 | New Mexico | $124,300 | 92.2 | 3,150 | 0.94× |
| 21 | Minnesota | $122,700 | 98.6 | 11,350 | 1.00× |
| 22 | South Dakota | $122,050 | 88.6 | 1,140 | 0.65× |
| 23 | Florida | $120,360 | 103.4 | 42,700 | 1.12× |
| 24 | Maine | $120,320 | 97.0 | 2,450 | 1.00× |
| 25 | Nevada | $119,990 | 100.0 | 5,360 | 0.90× |
| 26 | Rhode Island | $119,260 | 102.3 | 3,370 | 1.75× |
| 27 | Illinois | $117,850 | 100.0 | 22,460 | 0.96× |
| 28 | Idaho | $117,770 | 95.5 | 3,920 | 1.19× |
| 29 | Utah | $114,980 | 98.9 | 4,860 | 0.73× |
| 30 | North Carolina | $114,410 | 94.3 | 14,820 | 0.78× |
| 31 | Texas | $114,150 | 97.1 | 58,420 | 1.08× |
| 32 | West Virginia | $112,010 | 89.5 | 2,080 | 0.77× |
| 33 | Kansas | $111,030 | 90.1 | 5,120 | 0.93× |
| 34 | Wyoming | $108,030 | 92.7 | 1,180 | 1.09× |
| 35 | Nebraska | $107,700 | 90.1 | 3,770 | 0.96× |
| 36 | Michigan | $107,570 | 96.2 | 16,060 | 0.95× |
| 37 | Tennessee | $107,120 | 91.9 | 14,160 | 1.12× |
| 38 | Ohio | $106,140 | 92.8 | 24,390 | 1.14× |
| 39 | Montana | $105,840 | 94.6 | 1,870 | 0.95× |
| 40 | South Carolina | $105,620 | 93.7 | 9,350 | 1.06× |
| 41 | North Dakota | $105,170 | 89.0 | 1,220 | 0.74× |
| 42 | Louisiana | $104,550 | 88.2 | 7,470 | 1.01× |
| 43 | Missouri | $104,370 | 90.8 | 10,800 | 0.96× |
| 44 | Indiana | $104,140 | 93.3 | 12,340 | 1.00× |
| 45 | Pennsylvania | $103,670 | 97.6 | 30,480 | 1.31× |
| 46 | Kentucky | $103,450 | 90.2 | 8,600 | 1.12× |
| 47 | Iowa | $101,940 | 87.8 | 6,200 | 1.04× |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $101,270 | 87.8 | 6,030 | 0.92× |
| 49 | Mississippi | $98,160 | 87.0 | 4,280 | 0.96× |
| 50 | Alabama | $97,790 | 88.8 | 10,360 | 1.28× |
| 51 | Arkansas | $94,340 | 86.9 | 6,440 | 1.29× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where medical and health services managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for medical and health services managers
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $171,210 | 110.4 | 4,560 | 1.05× |
| 2 | Vallejo, CA | $170,730 | 108.5 | 800 | 1.45× |
| 3 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $167,580 | 112.6 | 35,260 | 0.97× |
| 4 | Napa, CA | $167,530 | 112.6 | 270 | 0.91× |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $166,310 | 115.6 | 11,980 | 1.31× |
| 6 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $160,100 | 111.1 | 4,600 | 0.57× |
| 7 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $159,350 | 106.7 | 4,500 | 1.09× |
| 8 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $151,260 | 105.4 | 3,210 | 0.69× |
| 9 | Medford, OR | $151,250 | 101.4 | 290 | 0.86× |
| 10 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $151,180 | 111.0 | 2,140 | 1.25× |
| 11 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $148,080 | 109.4 | 180 | 0.65× |
| 12 | Corvallis, OR | $147,620 | 104.0 | 120 | 0.80× |
| 13 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $143,150 | 107.8 | 910 | 1.15× |
| 14 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $142,970 | 109.4 | 740 | 0.72× |
| 15 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $141,880 | 101.6 | 450 | 0.74× |
| 16 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $141,550 | 103.2 | 940 | 1.01× |
| 17 | Gainesville, GA | $141,380 | 96.8 | 220 | 0.55× |
| 18 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $141,030 | 102.4 | 100 | 0.50× |
| 19 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $140,670 | 108.9 | 11,730 | 0.97× |
| 20 | Salinas, CA | $140,610 | 109.0 | 510 | 0.72× |
| 21 | Albany, OR | $140,410 | 102.1 | 70 | 0.36× |
| 22 | Modesto, CA | $138,950 | 104.1 | 980 | 1.31× |
| 23 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $138,870 | 106.9 | 1,890 | 1.22× |
| 24 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $138,640 | 109.9 | 460 | 1.20× |
| 25 | Boulder, CO | $138,150 | 105.2 | 510 | 0.70× |
| 26 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $138,080 | 111.9 | 6,980 | 1.18× |
| 27 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $137,870 | 103.7 | 330 | 0.66× |
| 28 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $137,760 | 105.8 | 4,700 | 0.76× |
| 29 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $137,570 | 100.1 | 200 | 0.41× |
| 30 | Salem, OR | $137,400 | 103.6 | 660 | 0.91× |
| 31 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $137,260 | 100.1 | 6,300 | 0.57× |
| 32 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $137,010 | 105.1 | 940 | 0.85× |
| 33 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $136,760 | 108.3 | 12,990 | 1.25× |
| 34 | New Haven, CT | $136,480 | 104.6 | 1,510 | 1.40× |
| 35 | Winchester, VA-WV | $136,350 | 96.5 | 270 | 1.04× |
| 36 | Fresno, CA | $136,130 | 102.2 | 1,750 | 0.95× |
| 37 | Walla Walla, WA | $135,030 | 98.5 | 70 | 0.70× |
| 38 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $135,010 | 106.4 | 6,920 | 1.05× |
| 39 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $134,790 | 97.5 | 60 | 0.39× |
| 40 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $134,230 | 113.6 | 23,740 | 0.99× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where medical and health services managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Similar occupations
Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.
- Managers, All Other$141,900
- Construction Managers$114,990
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$105,870
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$69,990
- Food Service Managers$69,390
- Architectural and Engineering Managers$171,270
- Social and Community Service Managers$80,390
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary$104,590