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Management analysts: pay by state and city

What management analysts — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$101,860
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
13-1111 Management analysts
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$113,790
Jobs in the survey898,280
Most jobsCalifornia137,280 jobs · median $101,460

Pay where you want to work

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United States

Management analysts · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
13-1111 Management analysts
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$60,640
25th percentile
$77,950
Median
$101,860
75th percentile
$133,370
Top 10% above
$171,640
Middle half of workersMedianMean $113,790Jobs 898,280

BLS publishes this occupation for 54 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 517 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. California137,280 jobs$101,460
  2. Florida71,060 jobs$88,610
  3. New York69,150 jobs$112,250
  4. Virginia59,620 jobs$117,580
  5. Texas50,990 jobs$101,400

Highest-paying states

  1. Massachusetts30,060 jobs$134,720
  2. District of Columbia19,000 jobs$126,140
  3. Maryland19,170 jobs$121,680
  4. Virginia59,620 jobs$117,580
  5. New York69,150 jobs$112,250

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ67,630 jobs$124,390
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV62,360 jobs$126,830
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN37,510 jobs$105,090
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA37,060 jobs$104,930
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA26,870 jobs$101,220

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA9,020 jobs$136,670
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH26,450 jobs$135,640
  3. Boulder, CO980 jobs$131,470
  4. Lexington Park, MD1,300 jobs$130,020
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV62,360 jobs$126,830
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Management analysts —$101,860——
Project management specialists —$102,320——
Marketing managers —$166,790——
Financial managers —$166,570——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · management analysts

  • Professional, scientific, and technical services$107,330
  • Government$97,300
  • Finance and insurance$100,300
  • Management of companies and enterprises$101,030
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Business & Management