Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
11-0000 Management Occupations (Major Group)
Management Occupations comprises the following occupations:
Chief Executives;
General and Operations Managers;
Legislators;
Advertising and Promotions Managers;
Marketing Managers;
Sales Managers;
Fundraising Managers;
Public Relations Managers;
Facilities Managers;
Administrative Services Managers;
Computer and Information Systems Managers;
Financial Managers;
Industrial Production Managers;
Purchasing Managers;
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers;
Compensation and Benefits Managers;
Human Resources Managers;
Training and Development Managers;
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers;
Construction Managers;
Education Administrators, All Other;
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare;
Education Administrators, Postsecondary;
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary;
Architectural and Engineering Managers;
Food Service Managers;
Gambling Managers;
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling;
Lodging Managers;
Medical and Health Services Managers;
Natural Sciences Managers;
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents;
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers;
Social and Community Service Managers;
Emergency Management Directors;
Personal Service Managers, All Other;
Funeral Home Managers;
Managers, All Other
National estimates for Management Occupations
Industry profile for Management Occupations
Geographic profile for Management Occupations
National estimates for Management Occupations:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Management Occupations:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 8,909,910 |
0.2 % |
$ 59.31 |
$ 123,370 |
0.3 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Management Occupations:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 23.01 |
$ 35.92 |
$ 49.25 |
$ 77.39 |
(5) |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 47,860 |
$ 74,710 |
$ 102,450 |
$ 160,960 |
(5) |
Industry profile for Management Occupations:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Management Occupations are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Management Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Management Occupations:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
509,970 |
20.08 |
$ 76.47 |
$ 159,060 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
359,390 |
4.44 |
$ 50.08 |
$ 104,160 |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services |
309,200 |
13.64 |
$ 79.46 |
$ 165,280 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
305,970 |
5.69 |
$ 48.20 |
$ 100,260 |
| Real Estate |
298,000 |
17.82 |
$ 42.27 |
$ 87,930 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Management Occupations:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Land Subdivision |
8,710 |
26.26 |
$ 59.80 |
$ 124,390 |
| Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) |
4,700 |
24.25 |
$ 69.49 |
$ 144,530 |
| Grantmaking and Giving Services |
30,620 |
21.91 |
$ 65.22 |
$ 135,650 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
509,970 |
20.08 |
$ 76.47 |
$ 159,060 |
| Other Investment Pools and Funds |
2,450 |
19.37 |
$ 81.77 |
$ 170,080 |
Top paying industries for Management Occupations:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities |
124,410 |
12.97 |
$ 93.81 |
$ 195,120 |
| Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing |
19,650 |
12.62 |
$ 93.55 |
$ 194,580 |
| Monetary Authorities-Central Bank |
2,880 |
13.77 |
$ 91.82 |
$ 190,980 |
| Other Information Services |
56,490 |
15.57 |
$ 91.49 |
$ 190,290 |
| Scientific Research and Development Services |
143,790 |
18.07 |
$ 90.32 |
$ 187,870 |
Geographic profile for Management Occupations:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Management Occupations are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Management Occupations, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Management Occupations:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
1,199,620 |
72.57 |
1.15 |
$ 68.00 |
$ 141,440 |
| Texas |
820,510 |
67.11 |
1.06 |
$ 55.83 |
$ 116,120 |
| New York |
517,360 |
59.68 |
0.94 |
$ 75.20 |
$ 156,420 |
| Florida |
502,370 |
58.38 |
0.92 |
$ 52.63 |
$ 109,470 |
| Illinois |
442,130 |
78.69 |
1.24 |
$ 59.16 |
$ 123,060 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Management Occupations:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
96,600 |
145.93 |
2.31 |
$ 75.25 |
$ 156,530 |
| Massachusetts |
326,510 |
96.19 |
1.52 |
$ 69.22 |
$ 143,980 |
| Connecticut |
130,920 |
83.20 |
1.32 |
$ 66.21 |
$ 137,710 |
| Vermont |
22,890 |
80.59 |
1.27 |
$ 45.69 |
$ 95,030 |
| Utah |
122,570 |
78.84 |
1.25 |
$ 47.74 |
$ 99,300 |
Top paying states for Management Occupations:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Jersey |
246,420 |
64.00 |
1.01 |
$ 76.11 |
$ 158,300 |
| District of Columbia |
96,600 |
145.93 |
2.31 |
$ 75.25 |
$ 156,530 |
| New York |
517,360 |
59.68 |
0.94 |
$ 75.20 |
$ 156,420 |
| Delaware |
20,400 |
46.84 |
0.74 |
$ 70.74 |
$ 147,140 |
| Massachusetts |
326,510 |
96.19 |
1.52 |
$ 69.22 |
$ 143,980 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Management Occupations:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
559,890 |
64.52 |
1.02 |
$ 80.30 |
$ 167,020 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
410,750 |
71.81 |
1.14 |
$ 65.31 |
$ 135,840 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
338,330 |
79.93 |
1.26 |
$ 62.00 |
$ 128,970 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
266,870 |
91.00 |
1.44 |
$ 73.39 |
$ 152,640 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
264,180 |
102.19 |
1.62 |
$ 72.24 |
$ 150,250 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
256,120 |
71.36 |
1.13 |
$ 59.38 |
$ 123,510 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
218,400 |
97.41 |
1.54 |
$ 80.19 |
$ 166,780 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
195,950 |
67.64 |
1.07 |
$ 59.32 |
$ 123,380 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
194,170 |
75.03 |
1.19 |
$ 60.03 |
$ 124,850 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
159,940 |
60.25 |
0.95 |
$ 65.59 |
$ 136,420 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Management Occupations:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
114,460 |
107.11 |
1.69 |
$ 89.83 |
$ 186,850 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
264,180 |
102.19 |
1.62 |
$ 72.24 |
$ 150,250 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
218,400 |
97.41 |
1.54 |
$ 80.19 |
$ 166,780 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
36,370 |
96.96 |
1.53 |
$ 74.64 |
$ 155,250 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
266,870 |
91.00 |
1.44 |
$ 73.39 |
$ 152,640 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
9,740 |
84.94 |
1.34 |
$ 49.14 |
$ 102,210 |
| Salt Lake City, UT |
62,980 |
84.74 |
1.34 |
$ 51.13 |
$ 106,340 |
| Provo-Orem, UT |
22,980 |
84.31 |
1.33 |
$ 49.64 |
$ 103,250 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
45,040 |
82.74 |
1.31 |
$ 65.51 |
$ 136,260 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX |
87,090 |
81.15 |
1.28 |
$ 59.38 |
$ 123,510 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Management Occupations:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
114,460 |
107.11 |
1.69 |
$ 89.83 |
$ 186,850 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
559,890 |
64.52 |
1.02 |
$ 80.30 |
$ 167,020 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
218,400 |
97.41 |
1.54 |
$ 80.19 |
$ 166,780 |
| Trenton, NJ |
17,170 |
75.56 |
1.19 |
$ 77.29 |
$ 160,760 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
36,370 |
96.96 |
1.53 |
$ 74.64 |
$ 155,250 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
109,770 |
57.24 |
0.91 |
$ 73.64 |
$ 153,170 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
266,870 |
91.00 |
1.44 |
$ 73.39 |
$ 152,640 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
264,180 |
102.19 |
1.62 |
$ 72.24 |
$ 150,250 |
| Boulder, CO |
10,040 |
55.20 |
0.87 |
$ 71.52 |
$ 148,760 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
77,810 |
53.12 |
0.84 |
$ 70.03 |
$ 145,660 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Management Occupations:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area |
17,040 |
45.36 |
0.72 |
$ 42.90 |
$ 89,230 |
| North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area |
14,640 |
55.07 |
0.87 |
$ 44.56 |
$ 92,690 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) |
14,470 |
46.05 |
0.73 |
$ 46.26 |
$ 96,220 |
| Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area |
13,790 |
54.58 |
0.86 |
$ 46.06 |
$ 95,800 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area |
11,900 |
56.74 |
0.90 |
$ 44.53 |
$ 92,620 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Management Occupations:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area |
5,510 |
84.25 |
1.33 |
$ 43.49 |
$ 90,470 |
| Alaska nonmetropolitan area |
7,980 |
82.01 |
1.30 |
$ 50.19 |
$ 104,400 |
| Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area |
6,500 |
81.62 |
1.29 |
$ 38.77 |
$ 80,640 |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area |
4,460 |
77.20 |
1.22 |
$ 52.25 |
$ 108,680 |
| Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area |
7,230 |
75.51 |
1.19 |
$ 42.53 |
$ 88,460 |
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Management Occupations:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area |
3,970 |
42.18 |
0.67 |
$ 56.22 |
$ 116,930 |
| West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area |
6,000 |
61.84 |
0.98 |
$ 54.36 |
$ 113,060 |
| Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area |
5,310 |
45.49 |
0.72 |
$ 54.19 |
$ 112,710 |
| Connecticut nonmetropolitan area |
2,270 |
72.12 |
1.14 |
$ 53.58 |
$ 111,440 |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area |
7,720 |
46.25 |
0.73 |
$ 52.93 |
$ 110,080 |
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $100.00 per hour or $208,000 per year.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
