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Business Managers

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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston50 0.4
AlabamaAuburn70$82,0500.6
AlabamaBirmingham1,090$94,5600.7
AlabamaDothan60$77,3200.4
AlabamaFlorence40$63,8900.3
AlabamaHuntsville430$95,1500.8
AlabamaMobile230$86,8800.5
AlabamaMontgomery310$86,3300.7
AlabamaTuscaloosa70$70,4200.3
AlaskaAnchorage1,010$74,850 2.3
AlaskaFairbanks140$58,7301.8
ArizonaFlagstaff140$64,2201
ArizonaKingman100$63,1100.8
ArizonaPhoenix4,140$82,2300.8
ArizonaPrescott130$68,2300.8
ArizonaTucson980$84,1300.9
ArizonaYuma100$79,1500.7
ArkansasFayetteville980$111,8401.8
ArkansasFort Smith100$66,4700.3
ArkansasHot Springs40$82,8800.4
ArkansasJonesboro60$49,3400.5
ArkansasLittle Rock1,020$66,0901.1
ArkansasPine Bluff100$81,8301.3
CaliforniaBakersfield310$94,6700.4
CaliforniaChico100$81,9500.6
CaliforniaEl Centro120$85,7900.9
CaliforniaFresno620$87,5400.7
CaliforniaHanford40$80,6500.6
CaliforniaMadera50$114,6300.6
CaliforniaMerced60$103,0700.4
CaliforniaModesto240$80,0700.5
CaliforniaNapa70$99,2600.4
CaliforniaOakland3,280$117,8601.1
CaliforniaOxnard770$113,1900.9
CaliforniaRedding210$103,0401.2
CaliforniaRiverside1,940$87,9800.5
CaliforniaSacramento3,740$95,8001.5
CaliforniaSalinas200$101,9700.5
CaliforniaSan Diego3,300$104,5700.9
CaliforniaSan Francisco4,860$120,3101.7
CaliforniaSan Jose4,030$143,9201.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo120$101,9700.5
CaliforniaSanta Ana3,970$109,2700.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara290$99,6600.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz210$102,8400.9
CaliforniaSanta Rosa380$95,2000.8
CaliforniaStockton220$87,5900.4
CaliforniaVallejo260$95,8700.8
CaliforniaVisalia120$78,7600.3
CaliforniaYuba City40$75,7700.4
ColoradoBoulder440$120,9501
ColoradoColorado Springs730$88,3501
ColoradoDenver3,960$109,3101.1
ColoradoFort Collins320$96,2101
ColoradoGrand Junction170$93,5401.2
ColoradoGreeley160$93,6800.8
ColoradoPueblo70$93,7400.5
ConnecticutBridgeport710$101,8400.6
ConnecticutDanbury150$94,2400.8
ConnecticutHartford1,350$95,4100.8
ConnecticutNew Haven480$86,1100.6
ConnecticutNorwich250$85,1800.8
ConnecticutWaterbury90$101,1500.5
DelawareDover50$82,0700.4
DelawareWilmington480$112,7500.5
District of ColumbiaWashington20,320$113,650 3.1
FloridaCape Coral260$77,9600.5
FloridaDeltona150$79,4000.4
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,190$92,6700.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach120$81,6200.6
FloridaGainesville180$77,2600.6
FloridaJacksonville1,610$88,2400.9
FloridaLakeland370$89,2300.7
FloridaMiami2,110$90,4000.7
FloridaNaples80$90,6000.2
FloridaOcala90$71,2700.4
FloridaOrlando2,560$94,5000.9
FloridaPalm Bay410$94,5700.8
FloridaPanama City70$81,7000.4
FloridaPensacola300$69,8700.7
FloridaPort St Lucie180$76,9000.5
FloridaSarasota410$87,0600.6
FloridaSebastian40$67,3400.3
FloridaTallahassee640$81,7401.4
FloridaTampa1,880$90,5500.5
FloridaWest Palm Beach920$100,5500.6
GeorgiaAlbany60$71,8500.4
GeorgiaAthens110$115,9900.6
GeorgiaAtlanta7,170$96,1901.1
GeorgiaAugusta220$80,8900.4
GeorgiaBrunswick260$98,820 2.5
GeorgiaColumbus190$85,4100.7
GeorgiaDalton90$111,6200.5
GeorgiaGainesville30$73,8000.2
GeorgiaMacon120$74,6500.5
GeorgiaRome30$75,9200.3
GeorgiaSavannah80$72,2400.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins30$86,8900.2
HawaiiHonolulu1,270$79,1001
IdahoBoise800$89,1801.1
IdahoCoeur Dalene100$70,2400.7
IdahoIdaho Falls160$79,6701.4
IdahoLewiston40$48,5500.8
IdahoPocatello50$69,9400.7
IllinoisBloomington1,270$77,390 7
IllinoisChampaign1,720$89,360 7
IllinoisChicago33,780$103,060 3.1
IllinoisDecatur580  5
IllinoisKankakee220$68,330 2.4
IllinoisPeoria1,010$72,810 2.2
IllinoisRockford520$79,7401.3
IllinoisSpringfield500$74,5901.8
IndianaAnderson70$61,8600.7
IndianaBloomington100$74,6000.6
IndianaColumbus100$88,9801
IndianaElkhart80$67,5000.2
IndianaEvansville300$66,5200.6
IndianaFort Wayne300$71,1400.5
IndianaGary290$62,6500.4
IndianaIndianapolis4,530$63,3301.8
IndianaKokomo30$51,5800.4
IndianaLafayette90$59,8600.5
IndianaMichigan City90$55,1100.9
IndianaMuncie30$45,9600.3
IndianaTerre Haute110$53,8100.6
IowaAmes130$68,9401.4
IowaCedar Rapids510$79,5401.4
IowaDavenport1,140$90,630 2.3
IowaDes Moines1,260$76,0901.4
IowaDubuque110$57,4800.9
IowaIowa City250$55,1001.4
IowaSioux City160$69,1200.9
IowaWaterloo150$74,9900.7
KansasTopeka330$87,6101.1
KansasWichita460$84,0800.5
KentuckyBowling Green100$67,1700.7
KentuckyElizabethtown50$67,2800.5
KentuckyLexington640$77,3701
KentuckyLouisville1,480$86,0400.8
KentuckyOwensboro60$61,8200.5
LouisianaAlexandria140$57,0200.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,820$71,1001.8
LouisianaHouma290$63,2301.2
LouisianaLafayette510$74,4301.3
LouisianaLake Charles290$72,7401.3
LouisianaMonroe300$58,4201.5
LouisianaNew Orleans2,090$74,8401.4
LouisianaShreveport590$60,6701.2
MaineBangor110$67,3600.7
MainePortland410$76,3100.7
MarylandBaltimore2,990$103,9400.8
MarylandBethesda2,390$113,8401.5
MarylandHagerstown120$85,1400.5
MarylandSalisbury40$60,1900.3
MassachusettsBarnstable Town60$86,4800.2
MassachusettsBoston2,450$99,4500.5
MassachusettsBrockton60$98,8100.3
MassachusettsFramingham480$100,3101.1
MassachusettsHaverhill170$103,9500.9
MassachusettsLawrence190$123,7001.3
MassachusettsLowell200$87,8400.6
MassachusettsSpringfield340$85,6800.4
MassachusettsWorcester200$58,2700.3
MichiganAnn Arbor700$100,3101.6
MichiganBattle Creek160$97,6601.3
MichiganDetroit2,640$121,0401.3
MichiganFlint230$71,8600.6
MichiganGrand Rapids1,040$96,3101
MichiganHolland660$91,510 2.5
MichiganJackson150$95,7701.2
MichiganKalamazoo370$88,8301
MichiganLansing800$94,1401.5
MichiganMonroe100$71,9601
MichiganMuskegon120$70,9100.8
MichiganNiles160$107,8801
MichiganSaginaw110$87,6600.6
MichiganWarren3,500$97,6101.1
MinnesotaDuluth290$83,6000.8
MinnesotaMinneapolis11,290$107,790 2.2
MinnesotaRochester270$89,8901.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud240$76,5100.9
MississippiGulfport60$83,6100.2
MississippiJackson200$85,8700.3
MissouriColumbia170$84,9500.8
MissouriJefferson City290$60,3701.7
MissouriJoplin30$72,6700.1
MissouriKansas City2,140$87,2800.7
MissouriSpringfield110$69,9300.2
MissouriSt Louis2,830$94,7100.7
MontanaBillings110$88,6400.5
MontanaGreat Falls50$62,0700.6
MontanaMissoula80$59,0200.6
NebraskaLincoln180$80,4700.4
NebraskaOmaha730$84,3200.6
NevadaCarson City240$85,490 3.8
NevadaLas Vegas3,800$91,0801.4
NevadaReno800$87,5501.4
New HampshireManchester880$102,410 3.2
New HampshireNashua1,070$122,060 2.9
New HampshirePortsmouth380$115,500 2.7
New HampshireRochester400$99,730 2.8
New JerseyAtlantic City620$89,0801.5
New JerseyCamden2,150$91,3801.4
New JerseyEdison4,620$106,0601.6
New JerseyNewark5,250$101,9101.8
New JerseyOcean City110$88,4601.1
New JerseyTrenton1,620$103,290 2.7
New JerseyVineland140$88,3101
New MexicoAlbuquerque550$86,5200.5
New MexicoFarmington50$77,4700.4
New MexicoLas Cruces290$56,2901.9
New MexicoSanta Fe120$67,1200.7
New YorkAlbany1,220$77,5601
New YorkBinghamton170$57,7800.6
New YorkBuffalo680$75,5700.4
New YorkElmira50$54,8400.6
New YorkGlens Falls120$56,7400.9
New YorkIthaca110$55,2601.1
New YorkKingston160$60,2501.1
New YorkNassau1,800$87,4000.5
New YorkNew York13,740$112,0300.9
New YorkPoughkeepsie420$79,1700.6
New YorkRochester750$79,9900.5
New YorkSyracuse490$73,2000.6
New YorkUtica230$64,8000.7
North CarolinaAsheville150$77,7700.3
North CarolinaBurlington90$71,5300.6
North CarolinaCharlotte3,000$109,0901.2
North CarolinaDurham1,350$104,2001.8
North CarolinaFayetteville170$79,8500.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro30$76,0000.3
North CarolinaGreensboro590$101,4900.6
North CarolinaGreenville90$70,5100.5
North CarolinaHickory140$75,7000.3
North CarolinaRaleigh1,840$85,2101.3
North CarolinaRocky Mount100$64,5300.7
North CarolinaWilmington200$80,7700.5
North CarolinaWinston Salem430$95,3400.7
North DakotaBismarck190$70,2701.3
North DakotaFargo180$76,9400.6
North DakotaGrand Forks60$66,0100.5
OhioAkron710$97,5200.8
OhioCanton200$73,5500.4
OhioCincinnati3,020$111,3501
OhioCleveland2,260$98,6800.7
OhioColumbus2,700$95,7401
OhioDayton610$96,9600.6
OhioLima110$133,8500.8
OhioMansfield90$77,8800.7
OhioSpringfield120$97,1001
OhioToledo340$79,0100.4
OhioYoungstown180$78,0000.3
OklahomaOklahoma City610$86,1700.4
OklahomaTulsa240$75,9300.2
OregonBend200$72,6701.1
OregonCorvallis80$68,8701.1
OregonEugene420$67,9801
OregonMedford430$84,0302
OregonPortland4,950$84,6401.7
OregonSalem1,500$72,060 3.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown370$84,7900.4
PennsylvaniaErie180$74,7000.5
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg320$88,0300.4
PennsylvaniaJohnstown50$92,4200.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster100$74,3800.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia3,440$99,0300.6
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,360$85,6400.4
PennsylvaniaReading90$68,5200.2
PennsylvaniaScranton150$72,1800.2
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport30$78,3800.2
PennsylvaniaYork70$88,7900.1
Rhode IslandProvidence1,250$93,7700.8
South CarolinaCharleston230$75,3300.3
South CarolinaColumbia660$65,9100.7
South CarolinaFlorence70$73,4600.3
South CarolinaGreenville280$66,0300.3
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach120$56,2800.4
South CarolinaSpartanburg60$82,8100.2
South DakotaRapid City40$73,2700.3
South DakotaSioux Falls70$91,7600.2
TennesseeChattanooga700$70,3101.1
TennesseeClarksville150$65,9800.8
TennesseeCleveland40$60,3500.5
TennesseeJohnson City100$57,1400.5
TennesseeKingsport80$71,8700.3
TennesseeKnoxville990$65,9601.1
TennesseeMemphis1,740$99,2101
TennesseeMorristown40$35,4800.3
TennesseeNashville2,390$76,8001.1
TexasAmarillo40$75,0300.2
TexasAustin710$97,6700.3
TexasBeaumont80$77,4800.2
TexasBrownsville120$79,1700.4
TexasCorpus Christi180$63,5700.4
TexasDallas2,810$105,1000.5
TexasEl Paso450$74,6800.6
TexasFort Worth1,080$82,1600.4
TexasHouston3,230$101,3700.4
TexasKilleen100$75,5300.3
TexasLaredo120$84,2700.6
TexasLongview30$64,5700.1
TexasLubbock120$81,9900.4
TexasMcallen140$80,2100.2
TexasMidland90$85,7300.5
TexasSan Angelo40$61,5700.4
TexasSan Antonio1,130$98,3000.5
TexasTyler30$67,9900.1
TexasWaco60$98,8400.2
UtahLogan110$66,5301
UtahOgden500$85,3300.9
UtahProvo220$70,8100.5
UtahSalt Lake City1,210$75,8500.7
UtahSt George60$61,4900.5
VermontBurlington160$76,9100.5
VirginiaBlacksburg90$66,7600.6
VirginiaCharlottesville240$87,0201
VirginiaDanville50$67,8000.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg80$71,3900.6
VirginiaLynchburg100$59,2700.4
VirginiaRichmond1,440$103,6500.8
VirginiaRoanoke270$77,9300.6
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,170$86,6000.5
VirginiaWinchester70$71,2800.5
WashingtonBellingham160$90,2500.8
WashingtonBremerton60$88,9800.3
WashingtonKennewick400$116,4201.7
WashingtonOlympia140$95,0300.6
WashingtonSeattle5,040$110,8601.2
WashingtonSpokane290$81,4300.5
WashingtonTacoma250$96,6300.3
WashingtonWenatchee30$95,2400.3
WashingtonYakima60$92,6200.3
West VirginiaCharleston340$62,5600.9
West VirginiaHuntington150$61,7900.5
West VirginiaMorgantown140$78,8601.2
West VirginiaParkersburg90$81,7100.5
West VirginiaWeirton50$66,9500.5
West VirginiaWheeling90$77,5300.6
WisconsinAppleton270$86,9900.9
WisconsinEau Claire200$76,1601
WisconsinFond70$74,6000.7
WisconsinGreen Bay400$79,0900.9
WisconsinJanesville110$58,7300.7
WisconsinLa Crosse190$71,9601.1
WisconsinMadison1,390$95,5601.5
WisconsinMilwaukee1,920$98,7400.8
WisconsinOshkosh360$90,3901.6
WisconsinRacine130$90,9900.7
WisconsinSheboygan100$57,3000.7
WisconsinWausau90$80,3700.5
WyomingCasper130$62,3201.4
WyomingCheyenne280$84,280 2.7
 

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