Management Analysts · SOC 13-1111

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Management Analystss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for management analysts. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (7 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 379 metro areas

Management Analysts: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$136,670	9,020	8.0
2	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$135,640	26,450	9.8
3	Barnstable Town, MA	$132,140	140	1.5
4	Boulder, CO	$131,470	980	5.1
5	Lexington Park, MD	$130,020	1,300	18.4
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$126,830	62,360	19.9
7	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	$126,810	70	0.8
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$126,730	23,560	9.9
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$126,340	16,930	8.1
10	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$126,110	1,840	5.3
11	Pittsfield, MA	$125,010	140	2.4
12	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	$124,400	280	1.9
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$124,390	67,630	7.1
14	Worcester, MA	$122,180	1,040	3.0
15	Odessa, TX	$122,080	120	1.5
16	Huntsville, AL	$121,970	1,710	6.4
17	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$119,430	340	4.1
18	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$118,270	290	2.5
19	Colorado Springs, CO	$117,850	1,270	4.0
20	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$117,750	8,500	6.3
21	Walla Walla, WA	$115,210	180	7.0
22	Bozeman, MT	$115,130	300	4.2
23	Gettysburg, PA	$114,920	60	2.0
24	Bay City, MI	$114,610	30	1.0
25	Bloomington, IL	$113,110	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Management Analysts overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.