Management Analysts: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Management Analysts

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 678,000 for management analysts. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

13% of people working as employees are employed part-time. Management analysts work for themselves about 27% of the time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience. Approximately 78% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among management analysts about 16% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 7% 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 are relatively more common in Tallahassee (Florida), Washington (District of Columbia), and Carson City (Nevada), and less common in Wheeling (West Virginia), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Elkhart (Indiana).

Average income is highest in Odessa (Texas), Naples (Florida), and Portsmouth (New Hampshire) and lowest in Monroe (Louisiana), Abilene (Texas), and Midland (Texas).

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Management Analysts: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Management Analysts, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Management Analysts 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 Management Analysts are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	100	$81,830	0.5
Alabama	Auburn	60	$89,990	0.3
Alabama	Birmingham	1,720	$80,600	0.7
Alabama	Huntsville	1,560	$90,890	1.7
Alabama	Mobile	230	$77,540	0.3
Alabama	Montgomery	420	$58,200	0.6
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	190	$105,940	0.5
Alaska	Anchorage	360	$68,440	0.5
Alaska	Fairbanks	60	$76,730	0.5
Arizona	Flagstaff	190	$53,860	0.9
Arizona	Kingman	90	$54,770	0.4
Arizona	Phoenix	10,280	$71,970	1.2
Arizona	Prescott	180	$50,210	0.7
Arizona	Tucson	1,100	$59,900	0.7
Arizona	Yuma	120	$70,400	0.5
Arkansas	Fayetteville	420	$60,460	0.5
Arkansas	Fort Smith	160	$59,230	0.3
Arkansas	Jonesboro	60	$47,510	0.3
Arkansas	Little Rock	1,030	$61,300	0.7
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	90	$51,040	0.7
California	Bakersfield	670	$74,440	0.6
California	Chico	160	$54,960	0.6
California	El Centro	90	$62,570	0.4
California	Fresno	750	$71,460	0.5
California	Hanford	30	$66,680	0.3
California	Madera	60	$78,360	0.4
California	Merced	70	$74,430	0.3
California	Modesto	200	$62,240	0.3
California	Napa	130	$98,690	0.5
California	Oakland	4,800	$88,640	1
California	Oxnard	1,760	$97,230	1.3
California	Redding	200	$61,190	0.7
California	Riverside	2,860	$66,570	0.5
California	Sacramento	5,010	$88,110	1.3
California	Salinas	430	$96,350	0.6
California	San Diego	6,570	$95,250	1.1
California	San Francisco	9,610	$106,840	2.1
California	San Jose	6,350	$104,770	1.5
California	San Luis Obispo	310	$77,150	0.7
California	Santa Ana	8,850	$80,880	1.3
California	Santa Barbara	760	$84,530	1
California	Santa Cruz	430	$82,230	1.2
California	Santa Rosa	420	$89,810	0.5
California	Stockton	510	$63,550	0.5
California	Vallejo	290	$80,560	0.6
California	Visalia	190	$56,830	0.3
California	Yuba City	90	$57,320	0.6
Colorado	Boulder	840	$100,040	1.2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1,090	$97,320	1
Colorado	Denver	6,260	$87,980	1.1
Colorado	Greeley	80	$68,690	0.3
Colorado	Pueblo	50	$68,680	0.2
Connecticut	Bridgeport	2,600	$115,040	1.3
Connecticut	Danbury	280	$79,780	1
Connecticut	Hartford	3,960	$75,200	1.5
Connecticut	New Haven	600	$82,590	0.5
Connecticut	Norwich	160	$80,170	0.3
Connecticut	Waterbury	70	$78,380	0.3
Delaware	Dover	170	$59,300	0.8
Delaware	Wilmington	1,810	$83,480	1.2
District of Columbia	Washington	44,550	$90,860	4.3
Florida	Cape Coral	730	$85,550	0.8
Florida	Deltona	230	$74,380	0.3
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	3,100	$89,220	0.9
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	470	$72,660	1.5
Florida	Gainesville	350	$87,830	0.7
Florida	Jacksonville	3,440	$72,530	1.3
Florida	Lakeland	310	$62,000	0.4
Florida	Miami	4,700	$82,920	1.1
Florida	Naples	380	$137,090	0.7
Florida	Ocala	120	$77,080	0.3
Florida	Orlando	4,130	$73,690	0.9
Florida	Palm Bay	1,150	$79,210	1.3
Florida	Panama City	210	$65,790	0.8
Florida	Pensacola	950	$70,500	1.5
Florida	Port St Lucie	450	$79,480	0.8
Florida	Punta Gorda	160	$113,080	1.1
Florida	Sarasota	1,300	$59,060	1.1
Florida	Sebastian	150	$82,100	0.8
Florida	Tallahassee	4,890	$53,310	7
Florida	Tampa	4,920	$76,410	0.9
Florida	West Palm Beach	3,260	$92,190	1.4
Georgia	Albany	180	$80,440	0.7
Georgia	Athens	170	$73,380	0.6
Georgia	Atlanta	24,230	$92,080	2.3
Georgia	Augusta	380	$81,440	0.4
Georgia	Brunswick	130	$59,180	0.8
Georgia	Columbus	680	$67,660	1.5
Georgia	Dalton	150	$81,010	0.5
Georgia	Gainesville	140	$65,460	0.5
Georgia	Hinesville	90	$74,040	2
Georgia	Macon	160	$72,740	0.4
Georgia	Rome	60	$85,210	0.4
Georgia	Savannah	250	$101,130	0.4
Hawaii	Honolulu	1,210	$67,890	0.6
Idaho	Boise	1,420	$76,080	1.2
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	60	$59,460	0.3
Idaho	Idaho Falls	180	$108,220	1
Idaho	Pocatello	100	$77,660	0.9
Illinois	Bloomington	790	$76,000	2.8
Illinois	Champaign	150	$52,920	0.4
Illinois	Chicago	19,060	$91,320	1.1
Illinois	Danville	60	$69,960	0.6
Illinois	Decatur	50	$81,010	0.3
Illinois	Peoria	280	$73,530	0.4
Illinois	Rockford	140	$87,500	0.2
Illinois	Springfield	320	$74,990	0.7
Indiana	Anderson	30	$55,090	0.2
Indiana	Bloomington	120	$132,730	0.4
Indiana	Columbus	50	$54,370	0.3
Indiana	Elkhart	60	$99,370	0.1
Indiana	Evansville	470	$59,530	0.6
Indiana	Fort Wayne	350	$60,310	0.4
Indiana	Gary	270	$76,190	0.2
Indiana	Indianapolis	4,810	$72,120	1.2
Indiana	Kokomo	40	$68,250	0.3
Indiana	Lafayette	40	$90,020	0.1
Indiana	Michigan City	30	$46,690	0.2
Indiana	Muncie	30	$63,180	0.2
Indiana	South Bend	200	$81,340	0.3
Indiana	Terre Haute	40	$65,470	0.1
Iowa	Ames	110	$57,940	0.8
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	330	$71,240	0.6
Iowa	Davenport	510	$74,870	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	2,840	$63,700	2
Iowa	Iowa City	140	$75,630	0.5
Iowa	Sioux City	210	$82,100	0.7
Iowa	Waterloo	90	$66,810	0.3
Kansas	Lawrence	70	$107,940	0.4
Kansas	Topeka	480	$57,330	1
Kansas	Wichita	730	$72,080	0.5
Kentucky	Bowling Green	90	$80,550	0.4
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	100	$63,870	0.6
Kentucky	Lexington	360	$56,250	0.3
Kentucky	Louisville	1,450	$73,950	0.5
Louisiana	Alexandria	50	$58,270	0.2
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	570	$65,580	0.3
Louisiana	Houma	90	$64,820	0.2
Louisiana	Lafayette	190	$67,520	0.3
Louisiana	Lake Charles	40	$83,430	0.1
Louisiana	Monroe	130	$39,930	0.4
Louisiana	New Orleans	780	$73,050	0.3
Louisiana	Shreveport	110	$65,420	0.1
Maine	Portland	530	$74,100	0.6
Maryland	Baltimore	7,710	$80,840	1.3
Maryland	Bethesda	5,670	$86,290	2.2
Maryland	Hagerstown	200	$74,040	0.5
Maryland	Salisbury	40	$62,530	0.2
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	150	$78,600	0.4
Massachusetts	Boston	14,700	$100,190	1.9
Massachusetts	Brockton	140	$77,820	0.4
Massachusetts	Framingham	1,600	$98,450	2.3
Massachusetts	Haverhill	170	$107,110	0.5
Massachusetts	Lawrence	70	$90,370	0.3
Massachusetts	Leominster	60	$81,600	0.3
Massachusetts	Lowell	580	$90,430	1.1
Massachusetts	New Bedford	50	$61,320	0.2
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	80	$74,830	0.6
Massachusetts	Springfield	1,150	$75,500	0.9
Massachusetts	Worcester	700	$85,110	0.6
Michigan	Ann Arbor	550	$76,420	0.8
Michigan	Battle Creek	260	$71,270	1.4
Michigan	Detroit	2,160	$87,710	0.7
Michigan	Flint	270	$71,240	0.5
Michigan	Grand Rapids	760	$74,280	0.5
Michigan	Holland	150	$65,460	0.4
Michigan	Jackson	80	$91,330	0.4
Michigan	Kalamazoo	350	$58,830	0.6
Michigan	Lansing	1,520	$60,510	1.8
Michigan	Niles	50	$115,450	0.2
Michigan	Saginaw	120	$68,840	0.4
Michigan	Warren	4,410	$95,490	0.8
Minnesota	Duluth	100	$75,460	0.2
Minnesota	Minneapolis	8,970	$88,230	1.1
Minnesota	Rochester	220	$69,690	0.6
Minnesota	St Cloud	90	$82,650	0.2
Mississippi	Gulfport	150	$74,900	0.3
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	40	$47,700	0.2
Mississippi	Jackson	360	$55,420	0.3
Mississippi	Pascagoula	40	$78,340	0.2
Missouri	Columbia	170	$61,500	0.5
Missouri	Jefferson City	230	$55,810	0.8
Missouri	Joplin	40	$67,140	0.1
Missouri	Kansas City	3,990	$77,210	0.9
Missouri	Springfield	300	$72,130	0.4
Missouri	St Louis	3,800	$76,050	0.6
Montana	Billings	50	$77,590	0.2
Nebraska	Lincoln	570	$61,490	0.8
Nebraska	Omaha	1,910	$65,660	0.9
Nevada	Carson City	360	$61,320	3.6
Nevada	Las Vegas	1,970	$80,170	0.5
Nevada	Reno	570	$108,420	0.6
New Hampshire	Manchester	280	$78,990	0.6
New Hampshire	Nashua	300	$78,490	0.5
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	250	$142,600	1.1
New Hampshire	Rochester	140	$77,860	0.6
New Jersey	Atlantic City	100	$86,180	0.2
New Jersey	Camden	1,020	$108,070	0.4
New Jersey	Edison	3,380	$85,470	0.7
New Jersey	Newark	4,620	$90,640	1
New Jersey	Trenton	2,540	$86,420	2.7
New Mexico	Albuquerque	1,400	$79,570	0.8
New Mexico	Las Cruces	80	$66,000	0.3
New Mexico	Santa Fe	650	$61,060	2.6
New York	Albany	2,450	$63,820	1.3
New York	Binghamton	450	$69,130	1
New York	Buffalo	970	$69,950	0.4
New York	Elmira	30	$65,570	0.2
New York	Glens Falls	110	$66,290	0.5
New York	Ithaca	50	$74,780	0.3
New York	Kingston	50	$83,000	0.2
New York	Nassau	2,930	$96,810	0.5
New York	New York	26,220	$98,840	1.1
New York	Poughkeepsie	420	$79,570	0.4
New York	Rochester	1,380	$78,900	0.6
New York	Syracuse	690	$66,430	0.5
New York	Utica	370	$57,300	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	130	$66,110	0.2
North Carolina	Charlotte	3,140	$79,980	0.8
North Carolina	Durham	1,290	$83,520	1.1
North Carolina	Fayetteville	280	$63,620	0.5
North Carolina	Greensboro	660	$69,400	0.4
North Carolina	Greenville	80	$56,840	0.3
North Carolina	Hickory	90		0.1
North Carolina	Jacksonville	60	$75,480	0.4
North Carolina	Raleigh	1,410	$71,210	0.6
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	60	$74,440	0.3
North Carolina	Wilmington	410		0.7
North Carolina	Winston Salem	410	$83,860	0.4
North Dakota	Bismarck	90	$73,390	0.4
Ohio	Akron	1,080	$79,140	0.7
Ohio	Canton	180	$70,690	0.2
Ohio	Cincinnati	4,350	$78,570	0.9
Ohio	Cleveland	4,770	$85,040	1
Ohio	Columbus	5,230	$68,270	1.2
Ohio	Dayton	1,670	$74,690	1
Ohio	Lima	60		0.3
Ohio	Mansfield	40	$78,560	0.2
Ohio	Sandusky	90	$62,750	0.7
Ohio	Springfield	70	$55,150	0.4
Ohio	Toledo	520	$81,190	0.4
Ohio	Youngstown	260	$58,680	0.3
Oklahoma	Lawton	80	$59,350	0.6
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,910	$64,380	0.8
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1,360	$56,360	0.7
Oregon	Bend	50	$56,920	0.2
Oregon	Eugene	290	$61,110	0.5
Oregon	Medford	70	$90,990	0.2
Oregon	Portland	2,530	$73,880	0.5
Oregon	Salem	1,360	$57,030	2.1
Pennsylvania	Allentown	770	$80,620	0.5
Pennsylvania	Altoona	30	$83,380	0.1
Pennsylvania	Erie	280	$57,780	0.5
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1,850	$68,670	1.3
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	90	$69,700	0.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	370	$62,440	0.4
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	110	$64,430	0.6
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	11,180	$93,490	1.3
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	3,740	$77,970	0.7
Pennsylvania	Reading	350	$97,650	0.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	590	$79,290	0.5
Pennsylvania	State College	180	$101,030	0.8
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	30	$67,660	0.2
Pennsylvania	York	230	$63,950	0.3
Rhode Island	Providence	2,140	$70,750	0.8
South Carolina	Anderson	50	$54,380	0.2
South Carolina	Charleston	1,260	$63,200	1
South Carolina	Columbia	2,180	$63,030	1.4
South Carolina	Florence	190	$56,840	0.6
South Carolina	Greenville	810	$91,350	0.6
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	120	$73,390	0.2
South Carolina	Spartanburg	150	$75,640	0.3
South Carolina	Sumter	50	$66,650	0.4
South Dakota	Rapid City	170	$58,340	0.7
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	770	$64,990	1.3
Tennessee	Chattanooga	340	$71,240	0.3
Tennessee	Clarksville	80	$60,420	0.3
Tennessee	Jackson	50		0.2
Tennessee	Johnson City	140	$50,290	0.5
Tennessee	Kingsport	190	$66,280	0.4
Tennessee	Knoxville	850	$80,040	0.6
Tennessee	Memphis	1,070	$70,190	0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	2,230	$69,200	0.6
Texas	Abilene	120	$42,230	0.5
Texas	Amarillo	140	$51,910	0.3
Texas	Austin	8,430	$63,040	2.5
Texas	Beaumont	140	$57,290	0.2
Texas	Brownsville	150	$53,080	0.3
Texas	College Station	80	$47,190	0.3
Texas	Corpus Christi	360	$62,230	0.5
Texas	Dallas	10,300	$85,600	1.1
Texas	El Paso	400	$56,710	0.3
Texas	Fort Worth	2,110	$64,680	0.5
Texas	Houston	9,860	$79,450	0.8
Texas	Killeen	320	$54,100	0.6
Texas	Lubbock	250	$53,260	0.5
Texas	Mcallen	210	$52,560	0.2
Texas	Midland	120	$39,360	0.5
Texas	Odessa	110	$106,300	0.5
Texas	San Angelo	120	$48,640	0.8
Texas	San Antonio	2,600	$62,090	0.7
Texas	Texarkana	60	$53,060	0.3
Texas	Tyler	130	$56,170	0.3
Texas	Victoria	40	$64,910	0.2
Texas	Waco	100	$75,520	0.2
Texas	Wichita Falls	90	$50,320	0.4
Utah	Ogden	850	$71,400	1
Utah	Provo	170	$58,510	0.2
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,520	$63,840	0.5
Vermont	Burlington	210	$70,700	0.5
Virginia	Blacksburg	170	$87,650	0.7
Virginia	Charlottesville	580	$67,700	1.5
Virginia	Danville	50	$54,410	0.4
Virginia	Harrisonburg	100	$81,780	0.5
Virginia	Lynchburg	170	$58,750	0.4
Virginia	Richmond	4,460	$74,450	1.7
Virginia	Roanoke	520	$59,590	0.8
Virginia	Virginia Beach	5,080	$80,110	1.5
Virginia	Winchester	160	$78,170	0.8
Washington	Bellingham	80	$66,220	0.2
Washington	Bremerton	440	$72,510	1.3
Washington	Kennewick	120	$90,410	0.3
Washington	Olympia	360	$66,200	0.9
Washington	Seattle	9,110	$85,700	1.4
Washington	Spokane	220	$65,710	0.2
Washington	Tacoma	510	$67,020	0.4
Washington	Yakima	40	$57,850	0.1
West Virginia	Charleston	150	$68,150	0.2
West Virginia	Huntington	130	$60,580	0.3
West Virginia	Morgantown	30	$68,660	0.2
West Virginia	Parkersburg	160	$76,660	0.6
West Virginia	Wheeling	30	$61,210	0.1
Wisconsin	Appleton	130	$64,670	0.3
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	130	$67,830	0.4
Wisconsin	Fond	60	$57,330	0.4
Wisconsin	Green Bay	420	$55,580	0.6
Wisconsin	Janesville	40	$96,360	0.2
Wisconsin	La Crosse	120	$73,210	0.4
Wisconsin	Madison	2,070	$65,300	1.4
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	2,180	$67,050	0.6
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	240	$80,550	0.7
Wisconsin	Racine	90	$82,800	0.3
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	110	$59,920	0.5
Wisconsin	Wausau	180	$65,000	0.7
Wyoming	Cheyenne	180	$57,680	1.1

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