Management: pay for 37 occupations, May 2025

The field Management had 11,132,700 jobs in the United States in May 2025, with a median pay of $126,520 a year ($60.83 an hour) across all its occupations.

Filter the occupations

Occupation	Median a year	Median an hour	Jobs
Chief Executives	$213,990	$102.88	204,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$175,140	$84.20	670,570
Architectural and Engineering Managers	$171,270	$82.34	220,260
Natural Sciences Managers	$167,220	$80.39	108,690
Marketing Managers	$166,790	$80.19	395,240
Financial Managers	$166,570	$80.08	841,710
Human Resources Managers	$149,280	$71.77	220,660
Compensation and Benefits Managers	$149,230	$71.75	22,940
Sales Managers	$148,270	$71.28	637,080
Purchasing Managers	$148,080	$71.19	84,320
Public Relations Managers	$146,910	$70.63	74,850
Managers, All Other	$141,900	$68.22	622,190
Advertising and Promotions Managers	$133,660	$64.26	21,470
Training and Development Managers	$133,000	$63.94	48,050
Industrial Production Managers	$126,060	$60.61	246,250
Fundraising Managers	$125,470	$60.32	38,810
Medical and Health Services Managers	$123,860	$59.55	597,080
Construction Managers	$114,990	$55.28	380,360
Administrative Services Managers	$114,130	$54.87	263,960
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$107,230	$51.55	221,180
Facilities Managers	$106,660	$51.28	156,180
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$105,870	not published	328,330
General and Operations Managers	$105,770	$50.85	3,503,020
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$104,590	$50.29	180,470
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$96,660	$46.47	13,810
Education Administrators, All Other	$95,200	$45.77	55,130
Emergency Management Directors	$93,330	$44.87	13,500
Gambling Managers	$93,220	$44.82	5,030
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$89,900	$43.22	6,500
Social and Community Service Managers	$80,390	$38.65	209,330
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$79,520	$38.23	37,980
Funeral Home Managers	$78,790	$37.88	13,910
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$69,990	$33.65	311,180
Personal Service Managers, All Other	$69,770	$33.54	10,450
Food Service Managers	$69,390	$33.36	238,430
Lodging Managers	$69,250	$33.29	42,620
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$59,300	$28.51	73,660

In short

Highest median pay in this field: Chief Executives, $213,990 a year.
Lowest: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare, $59,300 a year.
Most jobs: General and Operations Managers (3,503,020), Financial Managers (841,710) and Computer and Information Systems Managers (670,570).
For comparison, the median for all occupations in the country was $50,980 a year.

Sorted by median pay, highest first. "Not published" in the yearly or hourly column means BLS releases only the other one for that occupation.

The field as a whole

Management holds 11,132,700 of the 155,495,730 jobs in the national figures, about 7 in every 100. Its median pay of $126,520 a year is 2.5 times the median for all occupations ($50,980), which places it number 1 of the 22 fields. Across the whole field, the lowest-paid tenth earned less than $60,130 and the highest-paid tenth more than $257,310; the middle half earned between $82,970 and $176,280. The average was $145,260, 15% above the median.

Inside the field

Inside the field, the best-paid occupation with a published yearly median earns 3.6 times the lowest ($213,990 against $59,300). All 37 occupations with a yearly median are above the national median of $50,980. The occupation in the middle of the field's list is Administrative Services Managers, at $114,130. Jobs are unevenly spread: the three largest occupations hold 45% of the field's jobs, while the smallest, Gambling Managers, has 5,030. Pay stretches furthest within Chief Executives, where the highest-paid tenth earn over $507,730 and the lowest-paid tenth under $75,700.

Reading the field

Pay also moves with place. For the field's largest occupation, General and Operations Managers, the state medians run from $67,690 in Guam to $173,690 in New Jersey; its own page has every state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics sorts every occupation into one field by the work done, not by the industry of the employer, so an accountant at a hospital is counted under business and financial operations, not health care.

Questions about this field

What is the highest-paying job in management?

By published median pay in May 2025: Chief Executives, at $213,990 a year.

Which management occupation has the most jobs?

General and Operations Managers, with 3,503,020 jobs in the United States.

What is the median pay for management occupations?

$126,520 a year across the whole field, against $50,980 for all occupations.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Checked in November 2026. Figures are for employees, before tax, and leave out overtime pay and benefits. They are official statistics, not advice or a pay offer; see bls.gov/oes for the original tables.

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