Career profile · SOC 13-1111

Management Analysts

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals.

Median salary
$101,190
per year
Growth outlook
Faster Than Average
BLS 10-yr
Education
Bachelor's degree
AI exposure
7.4/10
automation risk

Salary distribution (US)

Real salary data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The p10–p90 spread tells you more than the median alone.

Bottom 10%
$52,730
25th %ile
$72,370
Median
$101,190
75th %ile
$138,700
Top 10%
$171,010

Top skills

Active Listening Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Complex Problem Solving Speaking Writing Judgment and Decision Making Systems Analysis Active Learning Social Perceptiveness

Knowledge you'll build

  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Mathematics
  • Education and Training
  • Computers and Electronics

A day in the life

You start your morning on a client site or dialed into a virtual war room, reviewing interview notes and process maps from yesterday's discovery sessions while prepping for today's stakeholder workshops. Your day is spent conducting interviews with executives and frontline employees, analyzing operational data, benchmarking performance against industry standards, and building PowerPoint decks that distill complex problems into clear recommendations. You toggle between Excel models, project-management tools, and collaborative whiteboards, often working alongside a small consulting team under tight deadlines to deliver a final report. The work is exciting because every engagement is a new puzzle in a new industry, but the travel, long hours, and pressure to justify your fees with measurable impact can be intense.

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