Managers, All Other salary

SOC 11-9199 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$141,900

per year, nationally

Middle half

$102,880–$186,300

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

622,190

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.5%

106,700 openings/yr

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.

$74,300$238,270

10th: $74,300
25th: $102,880
Median: $141,900
75th: $186,300
90th: $238,270

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 managers, all other 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	Massachusetts	$182,950	105.8	10,630	0.73×
2	District of Columbia	$175,720	109.9	18,570	6.61×
3	California	$174,560	110.7	99,580	1.37×
4	Colorado	$171,140	103.1	14,060	1.22×
5	Delaware	$168,060	99.8	1,280	0.66×
6	New York	$167,200	107.9	18,470	0.48×
7	Virginia	$166,230	101.1	21,560	1.31×
8	Rhode Island	$165,900	102.3	790	0.39×
9	Washington	$164,160	107.0	10,490	0.74×
10	Connecticut	$162,690	103.6	7,330	1.08×
11	New Jersey	$161,510	108.8	30,270	1.77×
12	Maryland	$159,040	105.0	17,530	1.59×
13	Minnesota	$152,600	98.6	4,160	0.35×
14	New Hampshire	$145,630	104.2	1,330	0.49×
15	North Carolina	$141,160	94.3	21,830	1.10×
16	Illinois	$140,240	100.0	31,680	1.30×
17	Alabama	$135,890	88.8	1,970	0.23×
18	Utah	$134,890	98.9	9,190	1.32×
19	Texas	$134,390	97.1	61,410	1.09×
20	Michigan	$134,260	96.2	9,380	0.53×
21	Oklahoma	$131,870	87.8	1,340	0.20×
22	Kansas	$131,710	90.1	2,690	0.47×
23	Pennsylvania	$131,600	97.6	20,170	0.83×
24	Idaho	$131,550	95.5	1,230	0.36×
25	Hawaii	$130,000	110.0	—	—
26	South Carolina	$129,960	93.7	2,210	0.24×
27	Ohio	$129,940	92.8	7,360	0.33×
28	Arizona	$129,870	100.7	8,540	0.66×
29	Iowa	$128,080	87.8	3,600	0.58×
30	Alaska	$127,950	102.4	1,740	1.34×
31	North Dakota	$126,440	89.0	2,040	1.19×
32	Missouri	$125,760	90.8	11,420	0.97×
33	Oregon	$125,580	103.4	7,680	0.98×
34	Vermont	$125,440	98.0	1,060	0.87×
35	Georgia	$125,000	96.3	34,680	1.77×
36	West Virginia	$124,940	89.5	3,640	1.30×
37	New Mexico	$123,550	92.2	3,770	1.08×
38	Kentucky	$122,930	90.2	2,390	0.30×
39	South Dakota	$119,470	88.6	570	0.31×
40	Nebraska	$116,430	90.1	2,640	0.64×
41	Maine	$115,920	97.0	1,860	0.72×
42	Wyoming	$113,420	92.7	850	0.76×
43	Nevada	$112,040	100.0	9,110	1.47×
44	Montana	$110,470	94.6	1,600	0.78×
45	Florida	$108,890	103.4	37,820	0.95×
46	Wisconsin	$107,050	94.1	14,240	1.21×
47	Louisiana	$103,140	88.2	13,220	1.71×
48	Mississippi	$101,570	87.0	960	0.21×
49	Tennessee	$99,430	91.9	17,510	1.34×
50	Arkansas	$87,520	86.9	5,690	1.09×
51	Indiana	$79,900	93.3	6,990	0.55×

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 managers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for managers, all other

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	$217,280	110.4	13,740	3.03×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$210,080	115.6	21,550	2.27×
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$184,250	108.3	9,120	0.84×
4	Boulder, CO	$179,090	105.2	1,020	1.32×
5	Binghamton, NY	$177,830	92.9	170	0.45×
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$175,980	105.8	9,250	1.44×
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$174,520	106.9	2,040	1.26×
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$170,980	108.9	42,010	3.35×
9	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$170,650	109.9	350	0.88×
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$169,800	112.6	34,400	0.91×
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$169,240	111.9	9,370	1.52×
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$168,980	111.1	7,110	0.85×
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$168,160	113.6	31,210	1.24×
14	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$167,660	100.1	440	0.85×
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$167,090	108.8	900	1.13×
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$166,610	101.1	560	0.83×
17	Jackson, MI	$165,710	91.8	150	0.69×
18	Worcester, MA	$164,730	102.5	570	0.40×
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$163,730	102.7	2,620	1.09×
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$163,130	106.7	3,910	0.90×
21	Lexington Park, MD	$160,640	100.8	320	1.14×
22	Napa, CA	$160,350	112.6	220	0.71×
23	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$160,240	99.8	640	1.00×
24	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$160,040	101.8	1,000	0.35×
25	Greeley, CO	$159,890	100.2	510	1.07×
26	Vallejo, CA	$158,080	108.5	380	0.65×
27	Springfield, MA	$157,840	96.1	290	0.36×
28	Pittsfield, MA	$157,520	95.1	60	0.28×
29	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$156,730	110.5	1,260	0.97×
30	Winchester, VA-WV	$156,730	96.5	190	0.72×
31	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$156,020	97.3	6,640	1.22×
32	Midland, TX	$154,630	95.8	760	1.54×
33	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$153,960	105.6	210	0.55×
34	Huntsville, AL	$153,920	93.1	570	0.54×
35	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$153,860	104.8	3,630	0.47×
36	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$153,250	109.4	270	0.25×
37	Bloomington, IL	$153,210	93.5	260	0.74×
38	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$152,690	105.7	470	0.59×
39	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$152,090	97.6	2,340	1.70×
40	Niles, MI	$150,350	92.4	90	0.37×

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 managers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Medical and Health Services Managers$123,860
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