Managers, All Other · SOC 11-9199

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Managers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for managers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 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 381 metro areas

Managers, All Other: 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	$217,280	13,740	12.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$210,080	21,550	9.1
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$184,250	9,120	3.4
4	Boulder, CO	$179,090	1,020	5.3
5	Binghamton, NY	$177,830	170	1.8
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$175,980	9,250	5.7
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$174,520	2,040	5.1
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$170,980	42,010	13.4
9	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$170,650	350	3.5
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$169,800	34,400	3.6
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$169,240	9,370	6.1
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$168,980	7,110	3.4
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$168,160	31,210	5.0
14	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$167,660	440	3.4
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$167,090	900	4.5
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$166,610	560	3.3
17	Jackson, MI	$165,710	150	2.8
18	Worcester, MA	$164,730	570	1.6
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$163,730	2,620	4.4
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$163,130	3,910	3.6
21	Lexington Park, MD	$160,640	320	4.5
22	Napa, CA	$160,350	220	2.8
23	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$160,240	640	4.0
24	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$160,040	1,000	1.4
25	Greeley, CO	$159,890	510	4.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Managers, All Other 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.