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title: "Management Analyst"
description: "Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare…"
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# Management Analyst

**Category:** Business and Financial Operations · **SOC code:** 13-1111 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 13-1111.00

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

Also advertised as: Administrative Analyst; Business Analyst; Business Consultant; Employment Programs Analyst; Management Analyst; Management Consultant; Organizational Development Consultant; Performance Management Analyst.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $101,860 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $48.97/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $60,640 to $171,640, with the middle half between $77,950 and $133,370
- **Total US employment:** 898,280
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Medium preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +8.8% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 98,100 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 28/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 898,280 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $60,640 |
| 25th | $77,950 |
| 50th (median) | $101,860 |
| 75th | $133,370 |
| 90th | $171,640 |
| Mean (average) | $113,790 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MA | $134,720 | $127,386 | 30,060 |
| DC | $126,140 | $114,776 | 19,000 |
| MD | $121,680 | $115,931 | 19,170 |
| VA | $117,580 | $116,296 | 59,620 |
| NY | $112,250 | $104,011 | 69,150 |
| WA | $109,170 | $102,016 | 24,760 |
| AL | $108,040 | $121,635 | 4,900 |
| VT | $107,520 | $109,761 | 730 |
| NJ | $105,820 | $97,257 | 22,080 |
| CT | $104,960 | $101,303 | 8,000 |
| CO | $104,750 | $101,648 | 14,360 |
| IL | $104,270 | $104,314 | 45,820 |
| NH | $104,270 | $100,101 | 2,670 |
| OR | $101,840 | $98,528 | 10,840 |
| HI | $101,750 | $92,541 | 2,920 |

38 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 53 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-analyst/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/management-analyst.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 1,075,100 in the 2024–2034 base year to 1,169,700 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 94,500 jobs, or +8.8%. Much faster than average: 8.8% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 98,100 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Medium preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** Less than 5 years.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 57.1% |
| Master's Degree | 23.8% |
| Some College Courses | 9.5% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 9.5% |

## What the work involves

- Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
- Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
- Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
- Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
- Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
- Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.
- Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.
- Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Complex Problem Solving — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Evaluation — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- English Language — importance 4.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Investigative (I), Enterprising (E).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 6.05 |
| I — Investigative | 5.44 |
| E — Enterprising | 4.81 |
| S — Social | 2.82 |
| A — Artistic | 1.63 |
| R — Realistic | 1.37 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESTJ | 70.4 |
| ISTJ | 68.3 |
| ENTJ | 67.4 |
| INTJ | 63.6 |
| ISFJ | 57.7 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ, ISTJ, ENTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Project Management Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/project-management-specialist) — median $102,320
- [Information Technology Project Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-technology-project-manager) — median $116,580
- [Data Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-scientist) — median $120,230
- [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) — median $105,850
- [Document Management Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/document-management-specialist) — median $116,580
- [Business Intelligence Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-intelligence-analyst) — median $120,230
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive) — median $213,990
- [Training and Development Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-manager) — median $133,000
- [Operations Research Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operations-research-analyst) — median $88,940
- [Industrial-Organizational Psychologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-organizational-psychologist) — median $193,950

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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