OEWS Ranked
Highest Paying Management Jobs
Management wages track the scope of what is managed — budget, headcount, and industry margins — more than tenure alone. The spread within management titles is among the widest in the labor data.
$270,999
Top mean wage
$177,067
List average
25
Occupations ranked
National ranking
Click any occupation for state-level salaries, percentiles, and real (cost-of-living adjusted) pay.
| $270,999 | $269,630 | $130 | 234,930 | |
| $270,999 | $269,630 | $130 | 234,930 | |
| $191,697 | $192,160 | $92 | 767,270 | |
| $191,697 | $192,160 | $92 | 767,270 | |
| $182,602 | $186,910 | $88 | 1,061,420 | |
| $182,602 | $186,910 | $88 | 1,061,420 | |
| $182,017 | $180,250 | $88 | 119,580 | |
| $182,017 | $180,250 | $88 | 119,580 | |
| Find Natural Sciences Managers Jobs | ||||
| $179,325 | $181,540 | $86 | 319,140 | |
| $179,325 | $181,540 | $86 | 319,140 | |
| $176,685 | $177,770 | $85 | 481,680 | |
| $165,234 | $164,760 | $79 | 80,070 | |
| $164,902 | $169,490 | $79 | 1,413,860 | |
| $164,117 | $167,930 | $79 | 1,556,310 | |
| $163,263 | $164,230 | $78 | 264,650 | |
| $163,263 | $164,230 | $78 | 264,650 | |
| Find Human Resources Managers Jobs | ||||
| $162,730 | $162,640 | $78 | 25,530 | |
| $162,730 | $162,640 | $78 | 25,530 | |
| $160,724 | $165,330 | $77 | 3,645,190 | |
| $158,815 | $164,350 | $76 | 931,870 | |
| $156,969 | $156,310 | $75 | 119,140 | |
| $153,985 | $153,890 | $74 | 728,990 | |
| $153,534 | $156,360 | $74 | 119,660 | |
| $153,534 | $156,360 | $74 | 119,660 | |
| Find Purchasing Managers Jobs | ||||
| $152,907 | $154,280 | $74 | 23,170 | |
Methodology
SOC major group 11 (Management Occupations), ranked by national mean annual wage from BLS OEWS.
Full documentation: Wage Atlas methodology and data sources.