Friday, October 28, 2022

20 Best Metro Areas for Health Services Management Pay

In a prior commentary, we examined Health Services Management Pay in the Top 20 Metro Areas.  While the biggest U.S. metropolitan areas are usually the home to the largest number of health services managerial jobs, it is often the smaller metro areas where better average compensation awaits.  Secondary and tertiary labor markets offer fewer employment opportunities, but the qualified labor pool is smaller too.  Consequently, employers in smaller metro markets sometimes pay more to attract and retain talent than do their big metro area counterparts.  May 2021 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals that only five of the largest metro areas in the country were among the 20 best metro areas for health services management pay:

20 Best Metro Areas for Health Services Management Pay

Metropolitan Area # Employed Annual Mean Wages
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,990 $162,110
2 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 610 $157,340
3 New York-Newark-Jersey City (#) 28,240 $156,370
4 California-Lexington Park, MD 90 $150,900
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (#) 7,970 $150,250
6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (#) 3,250 $147,610
7 Boston-Cambridge-Nashua (#) 13,570 $146,490
8 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 240 $146,360
9 Santa Rosa, CA 640 $144,560
10 Sacramento/Roseville/Arden-Arcade, CA 3,270 $141,090
11 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (#) 9,410 $140,860
12 Ithaca, NY 60 $139,030
13 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 300 $137,710
14 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2,600 $137,410
15 Rochester, NY 1,050 $137,130
16 E. Sierra-Mother Lode CA non-metro 180 $136,390
17 Fargo, ND-MN 220 $136,040
18 Modesto, CA --- $135,980
19 Danbury, CT 340 $135,910
20 Salinas, CA 370 $135,820
National 436,770 $119,840

(#) a top 20 U.S metro population area

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on October 22, 2022