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Medical and Health Services Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

Wages

Median annual wage, U.S.$123,860
Employment, U.S.597,080
Median hourly wage$59.55
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$73,390$94,700$123,860$166,100$224,340
By state (51)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama10,360$97,7901.28
Alaska1,640$132,2401.31
Arizona11,840$128,8500.95
Arkansas6,440$94,3401.29
California75,090$141,4801.07
Colorado8,400$134,9100.76
Connecticut8,020$130,7901.23
Delaware1,560$134,8200.84
District of Columbia2,010$155,1400.75
Florida42,700$120,3601.12
Georgia11,130$131,9100.59
Hawaii2,650$147,6301.10
Idaho3,920$117,7701.19
Illinois22,460$117,8500.96
Indiana12,340$104,1401.00
Iowa6,200$101,9401.04
Kansas5,120$111,0300.93
Kentucky8,600$103,4501.12
Louisiana7,470$104,5501.01
Maine2,450$120,3201.00
Maryland17,030$131,8101.60
Massachusetts17,600$134,3601.26
Michigan16,060$107,5700.95
Minnesota11,350$122,7001.00
Mississippi4,280$98,1600.96
Missouri10,800$104,3700.96
Montana1,870$105,8400.95
Nebraska3,770$107,7000.96
Nevada5,360$119,9900.90
New Hampshire2,460$130,4100.94
New Jersey16,900$145,6501.03
New Mexico3,150$124,3000.94
New York33,200$164,1200.89
North Carolina14,820$114,4100.78
North Dakota1,220$105,1700.74
Ohio24,390$106,1401.14
Oklahoma6,030$101,2700.92
Oregon5,550$141,6900.73
Pennsylvania30,480$103,6701.31
Rhode Island3,370$119,2601.75
South Carolina9,350$105,6201.06
South Dakota1,140$122,0500.65
Tennessee14,160$107,1201.12
Texas58,420$114,1501.08
Utah4,860$114,9800.73
Vermont860$128,6900.74
Virginia10,210$129,2700.65
Washington7,490$145,2900.55
West Virginia2,080$112,0100.77
Wisconsin7,230$128,3200.64
Wyoming1,180$108,0301.09

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Purchasing Managers40.975
2Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare40.975
3Human Resources Managers40.973
4Education Administrators, Postsecondary50.971
5Gambling Managers1-20.971
6Management Analysts40.970
7Social and Community Service Managers40.969
8Administrative Services Managers30.968
9First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers30.967
10Compensation and Benefits Managers40.966

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Medical and Health Services Managers, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Training and Development SpecialistsLearning Strategies1.120.953

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Medical and Health Services Managers, excluding software Medical and Health Services Managers already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Microsoft Dynamics GP11 of 2010.4x
ADP Workforce Now9 of 2016.0x
GroupMe7 of 2012.0x
NetSuite ERP8 of 207.7x
Human resource information system (HRIS)5 of 2025.6x
Ceridian Dayforce enterprise HCM4 of 2046.2x
SAP software15 of 202.4x
SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports5 of 2012.1x
Screencastify5 of 2012.1x
Oracle Database8 of 204.2x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 4.12 4.12
SpeakingEssential skill 4.12 4.00
Active ListeningEssential skill 4.00 4.12
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 4.00 4.12
MonitoringEssential skill 4.00 4.12
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 4.00 4.12
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 4.00 4.00
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 4.00 4.00
Time ManagementTransferable skill 4.00 4.00
WritingEssential skill 4.00 4.00
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 4.00 3.50
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.88 4.12
PersuasionTransferable skill 3.88 4.00
Active LearningEssential skill 3.88 3.88
InstructingTransferable skill 3.88 3.88
NegotiationTransferable skill 3.88 3.50
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.75 3.88
Service OrientationTransferable skill 3.75 3.75
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 3.62 3.88
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.62 3.38
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.25 3.88
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 3.25 3.62
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 3.25 3.62
MathematicsEssential skill 2.75 3.00
ScienceEssential skill 2.50 2.50
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 2.12 1.62
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 2.00 1.88
ProgrammingTransferable skill 2.00 1.38
Technology DesignTransferable skill 2.00 1.12
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 1.62 0.62
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.00not rated
InstallationTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.00not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Administration and Management 4.68 5.50
English Language 4.37 4.85
Customer and Personal Service 4.22 5.52
Personnel and Human Resources 4.11 4.96
Education and Training 3.93 5.46
Computers and Electronics 3.79 4.89
Administrative 3.68 5.43
Medicine and Dentistry 3.41 3.19
Mathematics 3.39 4.36
Law and Government 3.32 3.29
Economics and Accounting 3.30 3.86
Psychology 3.21 3.79
Public Safety and Security 3.18 3.25
Production and Processing 2.59 2.85
Communications and Media 2.57 2.57
Biology 2.52 2.39
Sales and Marketing 2.46 2.93
Sociology and Anthropology 2.43 2.89
Therapy and Counseling 2.39 2.54
Engineering and Technology 2.36 2.25
Telecommunications 2.36 2.07
Design 2.00 2.29
Philosophy and Theology 1.89 2.00
Chemistry 1.75 1.68
Transportation 1.68 1.36
Geography 1.64 1.43
Building and Construction 1.61 1.14
Mechanical 1.54 0.81
Foreign Language 1.50 1.00
Physics 1.46not rated
History and Archeology 1.39 1.00
Fine Arts 1.29not rated
Food Production 1.26not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Comprehension 4.25 4.88
Written Comprehension 4.12 4.38
Oral Expression 4.00 4.12
Written Expression 4.00 4.12
Deductive Reasoning 4.00 4.00
Inductive Reasoning 4.00 4.00
Problem Sensitivity 4.00 4.00
Speech Clarity 4.00 4.00
Speech Recognition 3.88 4.00
Near Vision 3.75 3.88
Information Ordering 3.62 3.75
Category Flexibility 3.50 3.12
Fluency of Ideas 3.25 3.62
Originality 3.12 3.75
Mathematical Reasoning 2.88 3.62
Number Facility 2.88 3.12
Far Vision 2.88 3.00
Selective Attention 2.88 3.00
Flexibility of Closure 2.88 2.88
Memorization 2.75 2.75
Perceptual Speed 2.75 2.62
Time Sharing 2.50 2.62
Speed of Closure 2.38 2.50
Auditory Attention 2.25 2.00
Visualization 2.12 2.12
Visual Color Discrimination 2.00 2.12
Hearing Sensitivity 2.00 2.00
Trunk Strength 2.00 1.50
Depth Perception 2.00 1.25
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.75 0.88
Dynamic Strength 1.75 0.75
Arm-Hand Steadiness 1.50 0.50
Finger Dexterity 1.50 0.50
Manual Dexterity 1.50 0.50
Control Precision 1.25not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Explosive Strength 1.00not rated
Extent Flexibility 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.00not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.00not rated
Multilimb Coordination 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Rate Control 1.00not rated
Reaction Time 1.00not rated
Response Orientation 1.00not rated
Sound Localization 1.00not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.00not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.00not rated
Stamina 1.00not rated
Static Strength 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 126
  • Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management hot
  • R hot
  • SAS hot
  • Salesforce software hot
  • Structured query language SQL hot
  • Tableau hot
  • Teradata Database hot
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro hot
  • Yardi software hot
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software hot
  • 3DGrid HIPAA Checkup
  • API Healthcare ActiveStaffer
  • AcuStaf
  • Allscripts healthcare automation software
  • Alteer Office
  • American Medical Association CodeManager
  • Apache Pig
  • ArticSoft FileAssurity
  • Bed Management Suite
  • Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
  • Blackboard software
  • CareCentric MestaMed
  • Cerner ProFile
  • Citrix cloud computing software
  • CliniTrend
  • ColorSoft AutoMatch
  • ConceptDraw
  • Contract management software
  • Current procedural terminology CPT software
  • Data entry software
  • Database software
  • Delphi Technology
  • Dental Common Access System DENCAS
  • DxCG RiskSmart
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Emdeon HealthPro
  • Expert Health Data Programming Vitalnet
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Fund accounting software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Google Ads
  • Google Drive
  • Google Meet
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • IBM Cognos Impromptu
  • IBM Domino
  • IBM Notes
  • IBM Power Systems software
  • Integrated development environment IDE software
  • Kodak Dental Systems Kodak SOFTDENT Practice management software PMS
  • LexisNexis
  • LinkedIn
  • MEDENT
  • MEDITECH Medical and Practice Management MPM Suite
  • McKesson Horizon Ambulatory Care
  • MedFORCE Technologies WorkFLOW
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • MicroStrategy
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Minitab
  • Misys Healthcare Systems Misys Tiger
  • Nuance PaperPort Professional
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
  • Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Oracle Hyperion
  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • Oracle PeopleSoft Financials
  • Oracle Taleo
  • PCC EHR
  • PCC Pediatric Partner
  • Qlik Tech QlikView
  • Relative Values for Physicians
  • SAP Business Objects
  • SAP Crystal Reports
  • Sage 50 Accounting
  • SmugMug Flickr
  • Social media sites
  • StataCorp Stata
  • TeleTracking PreAdmit-Tracking
  • Veritas NetBackup
  • Web browser software
  • Yost Engineering ABN Assistant
  • Yost Engineering ClaimScrub
  • Yost Engineering CodeSearch Pro
  • Yost Engineering EPStaffCheck
  • Yost Engineering EpiCoder
  • e-MDs Bill
  • e-MDs Chart
  • e-MDs DocMan
  • e-MDs Schedule

Where it concentrates

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Gadsden, AL2602.04$85,100
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR2,6301.91$101,280
Iowa City, IA6801.88$107,570
Killeen-Temple, TX1,0301.78$119,710
Birmingham, AL3,4301.72$100,500
Sherman-Denison, TX3501.71$105,830
Cheyenne, WY3201.70$117,160
Florence, SC5801.70$118,750
Carson City, NV2001.66$124,500
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL2801.64$104,010

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