Health Services Management Employment in the Southeast

Health services managers, ranging from front-line supervisors to chief executives, play a key role in maximizing the operational effectiveness of a wide variety of healthcare businesses, including hospitals, physicians' offices, outpatient care centers, skilled nursing facilities, and home health care service providers. There were just over 402,000 health service management jobs in the U.S. as of May 2020 according to data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  As of May 2020, more than 61,000 health services management jobs were in the twelve-state Southeast region.  In nine Southeast states the annual mean wage for health services managers was in excess of $100,000.  Nevertheless, on a relative basis health service management jobs in the Southeast pay less than in other regions of the country.  Only two Southeast states, North Carolina and Virginia, had annual mean wage levels for health service managers that ranked among the upper half of all states.  According to May 2020 BLS data, health services management employment in the Southeast states looked as follows:

Health Services Management Employment in the Southeast

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
AL	6,530	$93,330	49th
AR	5,580	$89,700	51st
FL	-------	$110,130	30th
GA	-------	$103,130	41st
KY	5,710	$94,600	48th
LA	5,140	$105,790	37th
MS	3,140	$100,680	43rd
NC	10,170	$120,060	22nd
SC	6,040	$106,360	36th
TN	9,770	$104,380	39th
VA	7,630	$118,530	24th
WV	1,840	$111,120	27th
U.S.	402,540	$118,800	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on April 21, 2021