Management Analysts salary

SOC 13-1111 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$101,860

per year, nationally

Middle half

$77,950–$133,370

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

898,280

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+8.8%

98,100 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.

$60,640$171,640

10th: $60,640
25th: $77,950
Median: $101,860
75th: $133,370
90th: $171,640

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 management analysts 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	$134,720	105.8	30,060	1.43×
2	District of Columbia	$126,140	109.9	19,000	4.68×
3	Maryland	$121,680	105.0	19,170	1.20×
4	Virginia	$117,580	101.1	59,620	2.51×
5	New York	$112,250	107.9	69,150	1.24×
6	Washington	$109,170	107.0	24,760	1.21×
7	Alabama	$108,040	88.8	4,900	0.40×
8	Vermont	$107,520	98.0	730	0.41×
9	New Jersey	$105,820	108.8	22,080	0.89×
10	Connecticut	$104,960	103.6	8,000	0.82×
11	Colorado	$104,750	103.1	14,360	0.86×
12	Illinois	$104,270	100.0	45,820	1.30×
13	New Hampshire	$104,270	104.2	2,670	0.68×
14	Oregon	$101,840	103.4	10,840	0.95×
15	Hawaii	$101,750	110.0	2,920	0.80×
16	California	$101,460	110.7	137,280	1.30×
17	Texas	$101,400	97.1	50,990	0.63×
18	Minnesota	$100,790	98.6	20,700	1.21×
19	South Carolina	$100,660	93.7	12,340	0.93×
20	Alaska	$100,190	102.4	460	0.24×
21	Rhode Island	$99,640	102.3	4,100	1.42×
22	Georgia	$99,600	96.3	38,390	1.36×
23	Delaware	$99,480	99.8	4,120	1.47×
24	Oklahoma	$99,420	87.8	5,760	0.58×
25	Tennessee	$99,260	91.9	13,700	0.72×
26	Wisconsin	$98,780	94.1	11,670	0.69×
27	North Carolina	$98,560	94.3	22,200	0.78×
28	Wyoming	$98,540	92.7	390	0.24×
29	Montana	$97,470	94.6	1,590	0.54×
30	West Virginia	$97,470	89.5	1,740	0.43×
31	Missouri	$97,270	90.8	10,030	0.59×
32	Kentucky	$95,630	90.2	4,550	0.39×
33	Indiana	$95,560	93.3	11,770	0.64×
34	Louisiana	$95,540	88.2	4,760	0.43×
35	Ohio	$94,270	92.8	25,120	0.78×
36	Pennsylvania	$93,830	97.6	34,420	0.98×
37	Michigan	$93,640	96.2	13,010	0.51×
38	Arizona	$93,310	100.7	17,190	0.92×
39	New Mexico	$93,180	92.2	3,910	0.78×
40	North Dakota	$90,220	89.0	—	—
41	Idaho	$88,710	95.5	3,700	0.75×
42	Florida	$88,610	103.4	71,060	1.24×
43	Iowa	$85,530	87.8	4,150	0.46×
44	South Dakota	$83,620	88.6	2,980	1.13×
45	Utah	$83,530	98.9	5,670	0.57×
46	Nevada	$81,600	100.0	4,550	0.51×
47	Kansas	$81,210	90.1	5,280	0.64×
48	Maine	$75,530	97.0	2,910	0.79×
49	Nebraska	$75,360	90.1	2,740	0.46×
50	Arkansas	$72,950	86.9	6,250	0.83×
51	Mississippi	$69,390	87.0	3,160	0.47×

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 management analysts wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for management analysts

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	$136,670	110.4	9,020	1.38×
2	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$135,640	108.3	26,450	1.69×
3	Barnstable Town, MA	$132,140	98.4	140	0.26×
4	Boulder, CO	$131,470	105.2	980	0.88×
5	Lexington Park, MD	$130,020	100.8	1,300	3.18×
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$126,830	108.9	62,360	3.44×
7	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	$126,810	94.7	70	0.15×
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$126,730	115.6	23,560	1.72×
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$126,340	111.1	16,930	1.40×
10	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$126,110	97.6	1,840	0.93×
11	Pittsfield, MA	$125,010	95.1	140	0.42×
12	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$124,400	93.6	280	0.33×
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$124,390	112.6	67,630	1.23×
14	Worcester, MA	$122,180	102.5	1,040	0.51×
15	Odessa, TX	$122,080	93.9	120	0.26×
16	Huntsville, AL	$121,970	93.1	1,710	1.11×
17	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$119,430	98.0	340	0.72×
18	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$118,270	100.9	290	0.42×
19	Colorado Springs, CO	$117,850	100.7	1,270	0.69×
20	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$117,750	104.5	8,500	1.09×
21	Walla Walla, WA	$115,210	98.5	180	1.21×
22	Bozeman, MT	$115,130	102.5	300	0.73×
23	Gettysburg, PA	$114,920	95.4	60	0.35×
24	Bay City, MI	$114,610	91.9	30	0.17×
25	Bloomington, IL	$113,110	93.5	—	—
26	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$113,070	90.0	240	0.26×
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$112,920	106.9	1,880	0.80×
28	Columbus, IN	$111,090	93.0	110	0.40×
29	Winchester, VA-WV	$110,340	96.5	360	0.93×
30	Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	$108,890	87.1	120	0.57×
31	Rochester, MN	$108,560	90.8	580	0.82×
32	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$108,490	107.8	880	0.75×
33	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$108,430	100.4	250	0.34×
34	Birmingham, AL	$108,220	91.6	1,290	0.43×
35	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$107,330	105.7	890	0.78×
36	Springfield, MA	$107,210	96.1	540	0.46×
37	Fairbanks-College, AK	$106,870	103.2	80	0.38×
38	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$106,600	98.1	6,540	0.88×
39	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$106,250	105.6	780	1.44×
40	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$105,970	102.7	3,390	0.98×

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 management analysts wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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