Management Analysts Career, Salary and Skills
Management Analysts have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $101,860 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 898,280. Wage data is published for 432 locations.
Occupation description
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.
O*NET code
13-1111.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$101,860
Hourly median
$48.97
Employment
898,280
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 4.12 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.12 | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | 4.12 | 4.12 |
| Writing | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Coordination | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 3.88 | 4.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.88 | 4.00 |
Typical tasks
- 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.
Technology
- Ansible software
- 3M Post-it App
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe ActionScript
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe InDesign
- ADP Workforce Now
- Advanced business application programming ABAP
- Airtable
- AJAX
- Alteryx software
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
Management Analysts salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Management Analysts Salary in CAMedian $101,460 · Employment 137,280
- Management Analysts Salary in FLMedian $88,610 · Employment 71,060
- Management Analysts Salary in NYMedian $112,250 · Employment 69,150
- Management Analysts Salary in New York, NYMedian $124,390 · Employment 67,630
- Management Analysts Salary in Washington, DCMedian $126,830 · Employment 62,360
- Management Analysts Salary in VAMedian $117,580 · Employment 59,620
- Management Analysts Salary in TXMedian $101,400 · Employment 50,990
- Management Analysts Salary in ILMedian $104,270 · Employment 45,820
- Management Analysts Salary in GAMedian $99,600 · Employment 38,390
- Management Analysts Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $105,090 · Employment 37,510
- Management Analysts Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $104,930 · Employment 37,060
- Management Analysts Salary in PAMedian $93,830 · Employment 34,420
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.