Business & Financial
Management Analysts
SOC 13-1111
Study how a company works and recommend changes that cut cost or lift performance.
The job
Median pay
$102k
$78k to $133k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+10% projected
Openings a year
94k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very high
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
88th pct
More exposed than 88% of occupations · modeled estimate · 97th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
55/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Speaking
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 137,280 | 7.5 | 1.3× | $101k |
| Florida | 71,060 | 7.2 | 1.2× | $89k |
| New York | 69,150 | 7.1 | 1.2× | $112k |
| Virginia | 59,620 | 14.5 | 2.5× | $118k |
| Texas | 50,990 | 3.6 | 0.6× | $101k |
| Illinois | 45,820 | 7.5 | 1.3× | $104k |
| Georgia | 38,390 | 7.9 | 1.4× | $100k |
| Pennsylvania | 34,420 | 5.7 | 1.0× | $94k |
| Massachusetts | 30,060 | 8.3 | 1.4× | $135k |
| Ohio | 25,120 | 4.5 | 0.8× | $94k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 24,760 | 7.0 | 1.2× | $109k |
| North Carolina | 22,200 | 4.5 | 0.8× | $99k |
| New Jersey | 22,080 | 5.2 | 0.9× | $106k |
| Minnesota | 20,700 | 7.0 | 1.2× | $101k |
| Maryland | 19,170 | 6.9 | 1.2× | $122k |
| Washington DC | 19,000 | 27.1 | 4.7× | $126k |
| Arizona | 17,190 | 5.3 | 0.9× | $93k |
| Colorado | 14,360 | 5.0 | 0.9× | $105k |
| Tennessee | 13,700 | 4.2 | 0.7× | $99k |
| Michigan | 13,010 | 3.0 | 0.5× | $94k |
| South Carolina | 12,340 | 5.4 | 0.9× | $101k |
| Indiana | 11,770 | 3.7 | 0.6× | $96k |
| Wisconsin | 11,670 | 4.0 | 0.7× | $99k |
| Oregon | 10,840 | 5.5 | 0.9× | $102k |
| Missouri | 10,030 | 3.4 | 0.6× | $97k |
| Connecticut | 8,000 | 4.7 | 0.8× | $105k |
| Arkansas | 6,250 | 4.8 | 0.8× | $73k |
| Oklahoma | 5,760 | 3.4 | 0.6× | $99k |
| Utah | 5,670 | 3.3 | 0.6× | $84k |
| Kansas | 5,280 | 3.7 | 0.6× | $81k |
| Alabama | 4,900 | 2.3 | 0.4× | $108k |
| Louisiana | 4,760 | 2.5 | 0.4× | $96k |
| Kentucky | 4,550 | 2.3 | 0.4× | $96k |
| Nevada | 4,550 | 2.9 | 0.5× | $82k |
| Iowa | 4,150 | 2.7 | 0.5× | $86k |
| Delaware | 4,120 | 8.5 | 1.5× | $99k |
| Rhode Island | 4,100 | 8.2 | 1.4× | $100k |
| New Mexico | 3,910 | 4.5 | 0.8× | $93k |
| Idaho | 3,700 | 4.3 | 0.8× | $89k |
| Mississippi | 3,160 | 2.7 | 0.5× | $69k |
| South Dakota | 2,980 | 6.5 | 1.1× | $84k |
| Hawaii | 2,920 | 4.7 | 0.8× | $102k |
| Maine | 2,910 | 4.5 | 0.8× | $76k |
| Nebraska | 2,740 | 2.7 | 0.5× | $75k |
| New Hampshire | 2,670 | 3.9 | 0.7× | $104k |
| North Dakota | 1,884 | 4.4 | 0.8× | $90k~ |
| West Virginia | 1,740 | 2.5 | 0.4× | $97k |
| Montana | 1,590 | 3.1 | 0.5× | $97k |
| Vermont | 730 | 2.4 | 0.4× | $108k |
| Alaska | 460 | 1.4 | 0.2× | $100k |
| Wyoming | 390 | 1.4 | 0.2× | $99k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ67,630 jobs · $124k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV62,360 jobs · $127k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN37,510 jobs · $105k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA37,060 jobs · $105k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA26,870 jobs · $101k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH26,450 jobs · $136k median
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA25,600 jobs · $83k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA23,560 jobs · $127k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Management Analysts interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.