Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Average Pay for Health Services Managers in the Top 25 U.S. Metro Areas

There were nearly 477,000 health service management jobs in the U.S. as of May 2022 according to data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  Health services managers are integral to maximizing the effectiveness of a wide range of healthcare businesses, from hospitals, outpatient care centers, and skilled nursing facilities, to physicians' offices, home healthcare service providers, and various ancillary healthcare service businesses. Because of this key role, health services management positions tend to pay more than most occupations in the industry, excluding certain high-skill clinical occupations.  The BLS estimated that, as of May 2022, the national mean wage for health services managers was $127,980 per year.  The profession's national median wage, which is the wage level that separates the top half of earners from the lower half, was $104,830 per year.  According to BLS data, the nation's 25 largest metropolitan areas accounted for 43% of the health services management jobs in the U.S,  Further examination of this data indicated that the average pay for health services managers in the top 25 U.S. metro areas looked as follows:

Average Pay for Health Services Managers in the Top 25 U.S. Metro Areas

Area Name Median Annual Wage Mean Annual Wage
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City $135,950 $172,320
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim $128,800 $137,410
3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin $115,400 $135,990
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington $105,740 $123,640
5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land $105,930 $126,840
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria $129,310 $148,600
7 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington $118,640 $138,600
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach $105,080 $117,780
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta $126,300 $138,570
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton $130,320 $159,130
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler $102,120 $122,090
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley $168,120 $171,610
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario $125,700 $128,640
14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn $102,060 $118,380
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue $134,330 $151,510
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington $105,980 $126,310
17 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad $128,080 $140,560
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater $100,190 $125,490
19 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood $129,450 $144,330
20 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson $126,180 $150,290
21 St. Louis, MO-IL $101,990 $115,550
22 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford $101,430 $114,380
23 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia $100,800 $122,560
24 San Antonio-New Braunfels $101,710 $117,930
25 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro $129,910 $150,890
National $104,830 $127,980

Report Period:  May 2022
Top 25 U.S. Metro Areas from the 2020 Census
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Occupational Statistics
Data extracted on June 3, 2023

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