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Medical and Health Services Managers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$123,860

United States, 2025

Employment

597,080

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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

O*NET code
11-9111.00
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years

Typical tasks

  • Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
  • Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
  • Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
  • Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
  • Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
  • Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
  • Monitor the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure effective use of resources and assess the need for additional staff, equipment, and services.
  • Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel.

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Salary analysis — United States

$73,390
10th
$94,700
25th
$123,860
Median
$166,100
75th
$224,340
90th

10th percentile

$73,390

25th percentile

$94,700

75th percentile

$166,100

90th percentile

$224,340

Most important skills

  • Speaking4.1
  • Critical Thinking4.1
  • Writing4.0
  • Reading Comprehension4.0
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Monitoring4.0
  • Social Perceptiveness4.0
  • Complex Problem Solving4.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making4.0
  • Time Management4.0
  • Management of Personnel Resources4.0
  • Coordination3.9

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 23 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

23

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Critical Thinking4.14.1Not selected4.1
Speaking4.14.0Not selected4.0
Reading Comprehension4.04.1Not selected4.1
Active Listening4.04.1Not selected4.1
Monitoring4.04.1Not selected4.1
Management of Personnel Resources4.04.1Not selected4.1
Writing4.04.0Not selected4.0
Social Perceptiveness4.04.0Not selected4.0
Judgment and Decision Making4.04.0Not selected4.0
Time Management4.04.0Not selected4.0
Coordination3.94.1Not selected4.1
Persuasion3.94.0Not selected4.0
Active Learning3.93.9Not selected3.9
Instructing3.93.9Not selected3.9
Systems Evaluation3.83.9Not selected3.9
Service Orientation3.83.8Not selected3.8
Operations Analysis3.63.9Not selected3.9
Complex Problem Solving4.03.5Not selected3.5
Negotiation3.93.5Not selected3.5
Learning Strategies3.33.9Not selected3.9
Systems Analysis3.63.4Not selected3.4
Management of Financial Resources3.33.6Not selected3.6
Management of Material Resources3.33.6Not selected3.6

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Jose, CA$171,2104,5602025
Vallejo, CA$170,7308002025
New York, NY$167,58035,2602025
Napa, CA$167,5302702025
San Francisco, CA$166,31011,9802025
NY$164,12033,2002025
Seattle, WA$160,1004,6002025
Sacramento, CA$159,3504,5002025
DC$155,1402,0102025
Portland, OR$151,2603,2102025
Medford, OR$151,2502902025
Urban Honolulu, HI$151,1802,1402025
Kahului, HI$148,0801802025
HI$147,6302,6502025
Corvallis, OR$147,6201202025
NJ$145,65016,9002025
WA$145,2907,4902025
Santa Rosa, CA$143,1509102025
Kiryas Joel, NY$142,9707402025
Eugene, OR$141,8804502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.