Medical and Health Services Managers
SOC 11-9111 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $143,854per year
- Projected openings
- 90,810
- Projected change
- +34.9%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Reading Comprehension
- Complex Problem Solving
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $184,625 | 5,320 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $170,565 | 5,350 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $169,343 | 940 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $167,493 | 7,170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $163,618 | 7,170 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $158,526 | 920 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $152,506 | 5,220 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $143,479 | 680 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $142,036 | 380 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $141,679 | 480 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $138,552 | 500 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $137,931 | 2,140 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $135,364 | 270 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $134,560 | 1,020 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $133,908 | 500 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $133,398 | 6,200 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $133,358 | 860 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $130,740 | 1,260 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $129,161 | 1,290 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $129,039 | 420 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $128,570 | 220 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $126,971 | 210 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $126,676 | 370 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $123,152 | 640 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $122,958 | 140 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $115,054 | 520 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $107,833 | 290 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $107,833 | 920 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | Not reported | 270 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems Analysts | $131,295 | 41,500 | +9.7% |
| Registered Nurses | $144,197 | 228,840 | +13.5% |
| Health Education Specialists | $65,391 | 16,320 | +10.2% |
| Emergency Medicine Physicians | Not reported | 1,730 | +10.9% |
| Social and Community Service Managers | $84,606 | 35,490 | +19.3% |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $169,732 | 20,800 | +19.2% |
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