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Managers, All Other

US occupation · SOC 11-9199

Pay and outlook

Median annual wage, May 2025
$141,900
Half earn more, half earn less
Middle half earn
$102,880 – $186,300
25th to 75th percentile
People employed, May 2025
622,190
Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)
Projected change, 2025–35
+4.9%
At or above the all-jobs rate (3.5% to under 7%)
Openings a year (projected)
100,900
New jobs plus replacing people who leave
Typical education to enter
Bachelor's degree
BLS
  • All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
  • Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
  • Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.

What the work involves

All managers not listed separately.

More specific O*NET® occupations under this one: Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers, Compliance Managers, Loss Prevention Managers, Regulatory Affairs Managers, Wind Energy Development Managers, Wind Energy Operations Managers.

Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.

Getting in

Typical education to enter (BLS)
Bachelor's degree
Work experience in a related job: less than 5 years

Fields of study that lead here

From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 128 programmes to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.

Business

  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Research and Development Management
  • Project Management
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Research Administration
  • Science/Technology Management
7 more programmes
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Franchising and Franchise Operations
  • Small Business Administration/Management
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Tourism and Travel Services Management
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, Other
  • Telecommunications Management

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Business at the Major step.

Where many students take business

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Computer Science

  • Information Technology Project Management

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Computer Science at the Major step.

Where many students take computer science

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Health & Nursing

  • Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Health & Nursing at the Major step.

Where many students take health & nursing

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Psychology

  • Psychology, General
  • Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
  • Comparative Psychology
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Personality Psychology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
20 more programmes
  • Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Developmental and Adolescent Psychology
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Community Psychology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • School Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Clinical Child Psychology
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Geropsychology
  • Health/Medical Psychology
  • Family Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other
  • Psychology, Other

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Psychology at the Major step.

Where many students take psychology

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Social Sciences

  • Social Sciences, General
  • Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods
  • Survey Research/Methodology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Anthropology, General
  • Physical and Biological Anthropology
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Cultural Anthropology
32 more programmes
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Anthropology, Other
  • Archeology
  • Criminology
  • Demography and Population Studies
  • Applied Demography
  • Demography, Other
  • Economics, General
  • Applied Economics
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Development Economics and International Development
  • International Economics
  • Economics, Other
  • Geography
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Geography, Other
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • National Security Policy Studies
  • International Relations and National Security Studies, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • American Government and Politics (United States)
  • Canadian Government and Politics
  • Political Economy
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Applied/Public Sociology
  • Rural Sociology
  • Sociology, Other
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Geography and Anthropology
  • Social Sciences, Other

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Social Sciences at the Major step.

Where many students take social sciences

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Communications & Media

  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Communications & Media at the Major step.

Where many students take communications & media

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Visual & Performing Arts

  • Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General
  • Fine and Studio Arts Management
  • Theatre/Theatre Arts Management
  • Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Visual & Performing Arts at the Major step.

Where many students take visual & performing arts

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

History

  • History, General
  • American History (United States)
  • European History
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Public/Applied History
  • Asian History
  • Canadian History
  • Military History
1 more programmes
  • History, Other

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose History at the Major step.

Where many students take history

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Environmental Studies

  • Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Environmental Studies at the Major step.

Where many students take environmental studies

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Criminal Justice

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections, General
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Law Enforcement Record-Keeping and Evidence Management
  • Fire Services Administration
  • Homeland Security
  • Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations
1 more programmes
  • Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy

Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Criminal Justice at the Major step.

Where many students take criminal justice

Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.

Other fields

Our college matcher doesn't offer these fields as a major, so we can't suggest colleges for them here.

Library Science

  • Library and Information Science
  • Archives/Archival Administration

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
  • Economics and Computer Science
  • Economics and Foreign Language/Literature
  • Geoarcheaology
  • History and Language/Literature
  • History and Political Science
  • Linguistics and Anthropology
4 more programmes
  • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, General
  • Digital Humanities
  • Textual Studies

Public Administration and Social Service Professions

  • Public Administration
  • Public Works Management
  • Public Administration, Other

Theology and Religious Vocations

  • Religious Institution Administration and Management

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Sources

This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. CollegeMatcher has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET 31.0 Database · CC BY 4.0

Changes: we show the core tasks in the O*NET database with the highest importance ratings (up to eight, in that order), the top three O*NET interest types by score, and shortened Job Zone names. Titles, descriptions and task text are unchanged.

Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Projections, typical entry education and training: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35. Fields of study: NCES and BLS CIP 2020–SOC 2018 Crosswalk. All public domain. OEWS · Employment Projections · CIP–SOC crosswalk