Business Managers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Business Managers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 870,000 business managers in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is very low when compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

7% of employees work on a part-time basis. 60% of the time, people working as business managers are their own boss.

Training and Education

If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having work experience in a related occupation. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 55%. According to 2008 data 27% of business managers have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 17% have a high-school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are most common in Bloomington (Illinois), Champaign (Illinois), and Decatur (Illinois), but are rarer in York (Pennsylvania), Tyler (Texas), and Longview (Texas).

Business managers are paid comparatively more in San Jose (California), Detroit (Michigan), and San Francisco (California) and comparatively less in Johnson City (Tennessee), Muncie (Indiana), and Morristown (Tennessee).

Business Managers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Business Managers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Business Managers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Business Managers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	50		0.4
Alabama	Auburn	70	$82,050	0.6
Alabama	Birmingham	1,090	$94,560	0.7
Alabama	Dothan	60	$77,320	0.4
Alabama	Florence	40	$63,890	0.3
Alabama	Huntsville	430	$95,150	0.8
Alabama	Mobile	230	$86,880	0.5
Alabama	Montgomery	310	$86,330	0.7
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	70	$70,420	0.3
Alaska	Anchorage	1,010	$74,850	2.3
Alaska	Fairbanks	140	$58,730	1.8
Arizona	Flagstaff	140	$64,220	1
Arizona	Kingman	100	$63,110	0.8
Arizona	Phoenix	4,140	$82,230	0.8
Arizona	Prescott	130	$68,230	0.8
Arizona	Tucson	980	$84,130	0.9
Arizona	Yuma	100	$79,150	0.7
Arkansas	Fayetteville	980	$111,840	1.8
Arkansas	Fort Smith	100	$66,470	0.3
Arkansas	Hot Springs	40	$82,880	0.4
Arkansas	Jonesboro	60	$49,340	0.5
Arkansas	Little Rock	1,020	$66,090	1.1
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	100	$81,830	1.3
California	Bakersfield	310	$94,670	0.4
California	Chico	100	$81,950	0.6
California	El Centro	120	$85,790	0.9
California	Fresno	620	$87,540	0.7
California	Hanford	40	$80,650	0.6
California	Madera	50	$114,630	0.6
California	Merced	60	$103,070	0.4
California	Modesto	240	$80,070	0.5
California	Napa	70	$99,260	0.4
California	Oakland	3,280	$117,860	1.1
California	Oxnard	770	$113,190	0.9
California	Redding	210	$103,040	1.2
California	Riverside	1,940	$87,980	0.5
California	Sacramento	3,740	$95,800	1.5
California	Salinas	200	$101,970	0.5
California	San Diego	3,300	$104,570	0.9
California	San Francisco	4,860	$120,310	1.7
California	San Jose	4,030	$143,920	1.5
California	San Luis Obispo	120	$101,970	0.5
California	Santa Ana	3,970	$109,270	0.9
California	Santa Barbara	290	$99,660	0.6
California	Santa Cruz	210	$102,840	0.9
California	Santa Rosa	380	$95,200	0.8
California	Stockton	220	$87,590	0.4
California	Vallejo	260	$95,870	0.8
California	Visalia	120	$78,760	0.3
California	Yuba City	40	$75,770	0.4
Colorado	Boulder	440	$120,950	1
Colorado	Colorado Springs	730	$88,350	1
Colorado	Denver	3,960	$109,310	1.1
Colorado	Fort Collins	320	$96,210	1
Colorado	Grand Junction	170	$93,540	1.2
Colorado	Greeley	160	$93,680	0.8
Colorado	Pueblo	70	$93,740	0.5
Connecticut	Bridgeport	710	$101,840	0.6
Connecticut	Danbury	150	$94,240	0.8
Connecticut	Hartford	1,350	$95,410	0.8
Connecticut	New Haven	480	$86,110	0.6
Connecticut	Norwich	250	$85,180	0.8
Connecticut	Waterbury	90	$101,150	0.5
Delaware	Dover	50	$82,070	0.4
Delaware	Wilmington	480	$112,750	0.5
District of Columbia	Washington	20,320	$113,650	3.1
Florida	Cape Coral	260	$77,960	0.5
Florida	Deltona	150	$79,400	0.4
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,190	$92,670	0.6
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	120	$81,620	0.6
Florida	Gainesville	180	$77,260	0.6
Florida	Jacksonville	1,610	$88,240	0.9
Florida	Lakeland	370	$89,230	0.7
Florida	Miami	2,110	$90,400	0.7
Florida	Naples	80	$90,600	0.2
Florida	Ocala	90	$71,270	0.4
Florida	Orlando	2,560	$94,500	0.9
Florida	Palm Bay	410	$94,570	0.8
Florida	Panama City	70	$81,700	0.4
Florida	Pensacola	300	$69,870	0.7
Florida	Port St Lucie	180	$76,900	0.5
Florida	Sarasota	410	$87,060	0.6
Florida	Sebastian	40	$67,340	0.3
Florida	Tallahassee	640	$81,740	1.4
Florida	Tampa	1,880	$90,550	0.5
Florida	West Palm Beach	920	$100,550	0.6
Georgia	Albany	60	$71,850	0.4
Georgia	Athens	110	$115,990	0.6
Georgia	Atlanta	7,170	$96,190	1.1
Georgia	Augusta	220	$80,890	0.4
Georgia	Brunswick	260	$98,820	2.5
Georgia	Columbus	190	$85,410	0.7
Georgia	Dalton	90	$111,620	0.5
Georgia	Gainesville	30	$73,800	0.2
Georgia	Macon	120	$74,650	0.5
Georgia	Rome	30	$75,920	0.3
Georgia	Savannah	80	$72,240	0.2
Georgia	Warner Robins	30	$86,890	0.2
Hawaii	Honolulu	1,270	$79,100	1
Idaho	Boise	800	$89,180	1.1
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	100	$70,240	0.7
Idaho	Idaho Falls	160	$79,670	1.4
Idaho	Lewiston	40	$48,550	0.8
Idaho	Pocatello	50	$69,940	0.7
Illinois	Bloomington	1,270	$77,390	7
Illinois	Champaign	1,720	$89,360	7
Illinois	Chicago	33,780	$103,060	3.1
Illinois	Decatur	580		5
Illinois	Kankakee	220	$68,330	2.4
Illinois	Peoria	1,010	$72,810	2.2
Illinois	Rockford	520	$79,740	1.3
Illinois	Springfield	500	$74,590	1.8
Indiana	Anderson	70	$61,860	0.7
Indiana	Bloomington	100	$74,600	0.6
Indiana	Columbus	100	$88,980	1
Indiana	Elkhart	80	$67,500	0.2
Indiana	Evansville	300	$66,520	0.6
Indiana	Fort Wayne	300	$71,140	0.5
Indiana	Gary	290	$62,650	0.4
Indiana	Indianapolis	4,530	$63,330	1.8
Indiana	Kokomo	30	$51,580	0.4
Indiana	Lafayette	90	$59,860	0.5
Indiana	Michigan City	90	$55,110	0.9
Indiana	Muncie	30	$45,960	0.3
Indiana	Terre Haute	110	$53,810	0.6
Iowa	Ames	130	$68,940	1.4
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	510	$79,540	1.4
Iowa	Davenport	1,140	$90,630	2.3
Iowa	Des Moines	1,260	$76,090	1.4
Iowa	Dubuque	110	$57,480	0.9
Iowa	Iowa City	250	$55,100	1.4
Iowa	Sioux City	160	$69,120	0.9
Iowa	Waterloo	150	$74,990	0.7
Kansas	Topeka	330	$87,610	1.1
Kansas	Wichita	460	$84,080	0.5
Kentucky	Bowling Green	100	$67,170	0.7
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	50	$67,280	0.5
Kentucky	Lexington	640	$77,370	1
Kentucky	Louisville	1,480	$86,040	0.8
Kentucky	Owensboro	60	$61,820	0.5
Louisiana	Alexandria	140	$57,020	0.9
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1,820	$71,100	1.8
Louisiana	Houma	290	$63,230	1.2
Louisiana	Lafayette	510	$74,430	1.3
Louisiana	Lake Charles	290	$72,740	1.3
Louisiana	Monroe	300	$58,420	1.5
Louisiana	New Orleans	2,090	$74,840	1.4
Louisiana	Shreveport	590	$60,670	1.2
Maine	Bangor	110	$67,360	0.7
Maine	Portland	410	$76,310	0.7
Maryland	Baltimore	2,990	$103,940	0.8
Maryland	Bethesda	2,390	$113,840	1.5
Maryland	Hagerstown	120	$85,140	0.5
Maryland	Salisbury	40	$60,190	0.3
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	60	$86,480	0.2
Massachusetts	Boston	2,450	$99,450	0.5
Massachusetts	Brockton	60	$98,810	0.3
Massachusetts	Framingham	480	$100,310	1.1
Massachusetts	Haverhill	170	$103,950	0.9
Massachusetts	Lawrence	190	$123,700	1.3
Massachusetts	Lowell	200	$87,840	0.6
Massachusetts	Springfield	340	$85,680	0.4
Massachusetts	Worcester	200	$58,270	0.3
Michigan	Ann Arbor	700	$100,310	1.6
Michigan	Battle Creek	160	$97,660	1.3
Michigan	Detroit	2,640	$121,040	1.3
Michigan	Flint	230	$71,860	0.6
Michigan	Grand Rapids	1,040	$96,310	1
Michigan	Holland	660	$91,510	2.5
Michigan	Jackson	150	$95,770	1.2
Michigan	Kalamazoo	370	$88,830	1
Michigan	Lansing	800	$94,140	1.5
Michigan	Monroe	100	$71,960	1
Michigan	Muskegon	120	$70,910	0.8
Michigan	Niles	160	$107,880	1
Michigan	Saginaw	110	$87,660	0.6
Michigan	Warren	3,500	$97,610	1.1
Minnesota	Duluth	290	$83,600	0.8
Minnesota	Minneapolis	11,290	$107,790	2.2
Minnesota	Rochester	270	$89,890	1.1
Minnesota	St Cloud	240	$76,510	0.9
Mississippi	Gulfport	60	$83,610	0.2
Mississippi	Jackson	200	$85,870	0.3
Missouri	Columbia	170	$84,950	0.8
Missouri	Jefferson City	290	$60,370	1.7
Missouri	Joplin	30	$72,670	0.1
Missouri	Kansas City	2,140	$87,280	0.7
Missouri	Springfield	110	$69,930	0.2
Missouri	St Louis	2,830	$94,710	0.7
Montana	Billings	110	$88,640	0.5
Montana	Great Falls	50	$62,070	0.6
Montana	Missoula	80	$59,020	0.6
Nebraska	Lincoln	180	$80,470	0.4
Nebraska	Omaha	730	$84,320	0.6
Nevada	Carson City	240	$85,490	3.8
Nevada	Las Vegas	3,800	$91,080	1.4
Nevada	Reno	800	$87,550	1.4
New Hampshire	Manchester	880	$102,410	3.2
New Hampshire	Nashua	1,070	$122,060	2.9
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	380	$115,500	2.7
New Hampshire	Rochester	400	$99,730	2.8
New Jersey	Atlantic City	620	$89,080	1.5
New Jersey	Camden	2,150	$91,380	1.4
New Jersey	Edison	4,620	$106,060	1.6
New Jersey	Newark	5,250	$101,910	1.8
New Jersey	Ocean City	110	$88,460	1.1
New Jersey	Trenton	1,620	$103,290	2.7
New Jersey	Vineland	140	$88,310	1
New Mexico	Albuquerque	550	$86,520	0.5
New Mexico	Farmington	50	$77,470	0.4
New Mexico	Las Cruces	290	$56,290	1.9
New Mexico	Santa Fe	120	$67,120	0.7
New York	Albany	1,220	$77,560	1
New York	Binghamton	170	$57,780	0.6
New York	Buffalo	680	$75,570	0.4
New York	Elmira	50	$54,840	0.6
New York	Glens Falls	120	$56,740	0.9
New York	Ithaca	110	$55,260	1.1
New York	Kingston	160	$60,250	1.1
New York	Nassau	1,800	$87,400	0.5
New York	New York	13,740	$112,030	0.9
New York	Poughkeepsie	420	$79,170	0.6
New York	Rochester	750	$79,990	0.5
New York	Syracuse	490	$73,200	0.6
New York	Utica	230	$64,800	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	150	$77,770	0.3
North Carolina	Burlington	90	$71,530	0.6
North Carolina	Charlotte	3,000	$109,090	1.2
North Carolina	Durham	1,350	$104,200	1.8
North Carolina	Fayetteville	170	$79,850	0.5
North Carolina	Goldsboro	30	$76,000	0.3
North Carolina	Greensboro	590	$101,490	0.6
North Carolina	Greenville	90	$70,510	0.5
North Carolina	Hickory	140	$75,700	0.3
North Carolina	Raleigh	1,840	$85,210	1.3
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	100	$64,530	0.7
North Carolina	Wilmington	200	$80,770	0.5
North Carolina	Winston Salem	430	$95,340	0.7
North Dakota	Bismarck	190	$70,270	1.3
North Dakota	Fargo	180	$76,940	0.6
North Dakota	Grand Forks	60	$66,010	0.5
Ohio	Akron	710	$97,520	0.8
Ohio	Canton	200	$73,550	0.4
Ohio	Cincinnati	3,020	$111,350	1
Ohio	Cleveland	2,260	$98,680	0.7
Ohio	Columbus	2,700	$95,740	1
Ohio	Dayton	610	$96,960	0.6
Ohio	Lima	110	$133,850	0.8
Ohio	Mansfield	90	$77,880	0.7
Ohio	Springfield	120	$97,100	1
Ohio	Toledo	340	$79,010	0.4
Ohio	Youngstown	180	$78,000	0.3
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	610	$86,170	0.4
Oklahoma	Tulsa	240	$75,930	0.2
Oregon	Bend	200	$72,670	1.1
Oregon	Corvallis	80	$68,870	1.1
Oregon	Eugene	420	$67,980	1
Oregon	Medford	430	$84,030	2
Oregon	Portland	4,950	$84,640	1.7
Oregon	Salem	1,500	$72,060	3.7
Pennsylvania	Allentown	370	$84,790	0.4
Pennsylvania	Erie	180	$74,700	0.5
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	320	$88,030	0.4
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	50	$92,420	0.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	100	$74,380	0.2
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3,440	$99,030	0.6
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,360	$85,640	0.4
Pennsylvania	Reading	90	$68,520	0.2
Pennsylvania	Scranton	150	$72,180	0.2
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	30	$78,380	0.2
Pennsylvania	York	70	$88,790	0.1
Rhode Island	Providence	1,250	$93,770	0.8
South Carolina	Charleston	230	$75,330	0.3
South Carolina	Columbia	660	$65,910	0.7
South Carolina	Florence	70	$73,460	0.3
South Carolina	Greenville	280	$66,030	0.3
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	120	$56,280	0.4
South Carolina	Spartanburg	60	$82,810	0.2
South Dakota	Rapid City	40	$73,270	0.3
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	70	$91,760	0.2
Tennessee	Chattanooga	700	$70,310	1.1
Tennessee	Clarksville	150	$65,980	0.8
Tennessee	Cleveland	40	$60,350	0.5
Tennessee	Johnson City	100	$57,140	0.5
Tennessee	Kingsport	80	$71,870	0.3
Tennessee	Knoxville	990	$65,960	1.1
Tennessee	Memphis	1,740	$99,210	1
Tennessee	Morristown	40	$35,480	0.3
Tennessee	Nashville	2,390	$76,800	1.1
Texas	Amarillo	40	$75,030	0.2
Texas	Austin	710	$97,670	0.3
Texas	Beaumont	80	$77,480	0.2
Texas	Brownsville	120	$79,170	0.4
Texas	Corpus Christi	180	$63,570	0.4
Texas	Dallas	2,810	$105,100	0.5
Texas	El Paso	450	$74,680	0.6
Texas	Fort Worth	1,080	$82,160	0.4
Texas	Houston	3,230	$101,370	0.4
Texas	Killeen	100	$75,530	0.3
Texas	Laredo	120	$84,270	0.6
Texas	Longview	30	$64,570	0.1
Texas	Lubbock	120	$81,990	0.4
Texas	Mcallen	140	$80,210	0.2
Texas	Midland	90	$85,730	0.5
Texas	San Angelo	40	$61,570	0.4
Texas	San Antonio	1,130	$98,300	0.5
Texas	Tyler	30	$67,990	0.1
Texas	Waco	60	$98,840	0.2
Utah	Logan	110	$66,530	1
Utah	Ogden	500	$85,330	0.9
Utah	Provo	220	$70,810	0.5
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,210	$75,850	0.7
Utah	St George	60	$61,490	0.5
Vermont	Burlington	160	$76,910	0.5
Virginia	Blacksburg	90	$66,760	0.6
Virginia	Charlottesville	240	$87,020	1
Virginia	Danville	50	$67,800	0.6
Virginia	Harrisonburg	80	$71,390	0.6
Virginia	Lynchburg	100	$59,270	0.4
Virginia	Richmond	1,440	$103,650	0.8
Virginia	Roanoke	270	$77,930	0.6
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,170	$86,600	0.5
Virginia	Winchester	70	$71,280	0.5
Washington	Bellingham	160	$90,250	0.8
Washington	Bremerton	60	$88,980	0.3
Washington	Kennewick	400	$116,420	1.7
Washington	Olympia	140	$95,030	0.6
Washington	Seattle	5,040	$110,860	1.2
Washington	Spokane	290	$81,430	0.5
Washington	Tacoma	250	$96,630	0.3
Washington	Wenatchee	30	$95,240	0.3
Washington	Yakima	60	$92,620	0.3
West Virginia	Charleston	340	$62,560	0.9
West Virginia	Huntington	150	$61,790	0.5
West Virginia	Morgantown	140	$78,860	1.2
West Virginia	Parkersburg	90	$81,710	0.5
West Virginia	Weirton	50	$66,950	0.5
West Virginia	Wheeling	90	$77,530	0.6
Wisconsin	Appleton	270	$86,990	0.9
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	200	$76,160	1
Wisconsin	Fond	70	$74,600	0.7
Wisconsin	Green Bay	400	$79,090	0.9
Wisconsin	Janesville	110	$58,730	0.7
Wisconsin	La Crosse	190	$71,960	1.1
Wisconsin	Madison	1,390	$95,560	1.5
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,920	$98,740	0.8
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	360	$90,390	1.6
Wisconsin	Racine	130	$90,990	0.7
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	100	$57,300	0.7
Wisconsin	Wausau	90	$80,370	0.5
Wyoming	Casper	130	$62,320	1.4
Wyoming	Cheyenne	280	$84,280	2.7

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