Health Services Manager Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Health services managers hold about 262,000 positions nationally. As an occupation, this career is ranked very low for unemployment rate. About 2% of employees could not obtain a job in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs in this career are most numerous in Ames (Iowa), Cheyenne (Wyoming), and Shreveport (Louisiana), and least common in Bellingham (Washington), Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and Panama City (Florida).

Salaries vary the US, with the highest being found in San Jose (California), Olympia (Washington), and Seattle (Washington). The lowest salaries for this job are in Pocatello (Idaho), Charleston (West Virginia), and Idaho Falls (Idaho).

Training and Education

Getting a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience will improve one'schance of landing a job in this field. Health services managers with at least a bachelor's degree are 57% of the total. Approximately 32% of workers started college, but did not pursue a bachelor's degree. High school was sufficient education for 11% of people in this field. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately, 6% of health services managers work part-time. In this field, about 8% work for themselves.

Health Services Managers: An Introductory Video

Health Services Managers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of health services managers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for health services managers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$85,000	780
Mobile	$86,000	230
Montgomery	$83,000	170
Huntsville	$71,000	160
Tuscaloosa	$91,000	120
Dothan	$99,000	110
Florence	$67,000	60
Anniston	$82,000	50
Decatur	$74,000	50
Gadsden	$94,000	50
Auburn	$86,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$94,000	440
Fairbanks	$75,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$74,000	4,090
Tucson	$82,000	910
Flagstaff	$88,000	120
Yuma	$66,000	110
Kingman	$63,000	110
Prescott	$77,000	100

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$76,000	740
Fayetteville	$82,000	240
Fort Smith	$68,000	180
Hot Springs	$78,000	120
Pine Bluff	$74,000	90
Jonesboro	$61,000	90

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Diego	$102,000	2,030
Santa Ana	$99,000	2,000
Oakland	$108,000	1,960
Sacramento	$105,000	1,790
Riverside	$101,000	1,750
San Francisco	$101,000	1,700
San Jose	$116,000	1,200
Fresno	$97,000	650
Oxnard	$98,000	570
Stockton	$86,000	500
Salinas	$132,000	450
Bakersfield	$89,000	380
Santa Rosa	$90,000	370
Modesto	$90,000	290
Visalia	$79,000	260
Santa Barbara	$102,000	260
Vallejo	$94,000	250
Santa Cruz	$92,000	220
Redding	$72,000	200
Napa	$90,000	170
Chico	$86,000	160
San Luis Obispo	$91,000	160
Yuba City	$75,000	100
Merced	$98,000	100
Madera	$102,000	90
Hanford	$98,000	60
El Centro	$93,000	40

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$92,000	1,600
Colorado Springs	$87,000	420
Boulder	$88,000	220
Fort Collins	$103,000	220
Greeley	$96,000	210
Pueblo	$82,000	110
Grand Junction	$84,000	90

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$100,000	1,790
New Haven	$113,000	900
Bridgeport	$87,000	700
Norwich	$98,000	290
Danbury	$102,000	270
Waterbury	$100,000	180

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$89,000	760
Dover	$83,000	190

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$97,000	3,810

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$101,000	1,250
Miami	$108,000	1,200
Orlando	$108,000	920
Fort Lauderdale	$102,000	880
West Palm Beach	$99,000	590
Jacksonville	$91,000	540
Sarasota	$90,000	300
Palm Bay	$88,000	270
Cape Coral	$111,000	230
Gainesville	$99,000	230
Tallahassee	$91,000	220
Pensacola	$75,000	180
Deltona	$105,000	170
Naples	$84,000	150
Port St Lucie	$82,000	130
Lakeland	$101,000	130
Ocala	$90,000	90
Punta Gorda	$76,000	60
Sebastian	$109,000	40
Fort Walton Beach	$86,000	40
Panama City	$126,000	30

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$90,000	4,890
Augusta	$81,000	810
Savannah	$79,000	370
Athens	$85,000	280
Columbus	$81,000	240
Gainesville		210
Albany	$76,000	170
Macon	$80,000	160
Valdosta	$78,000	110
Dalton	$76,000	100
Rome	$74,000	90
Warner Robins	$65,000	60
Brunswick	$76,000	40

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$99,000	770

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$74,000	850
Coeur Dalene	$68,000	140
Idaho Falls	$57,000	120
Pocatello	$55,000	80
Lewiston	$67,000	50

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$87,000	5,260
Peoria	$107,000	380
Rockford	$80,000	220
Champaign	$78,000	140
Springfield	$83,000	110
Bloomington	$73,000	80
Danville	$83,000	80
Decatur	$91,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$80,000	2,300
Gary	$85,000	630
Evansville	$73,000	480
Fort Wayne	$79,000	390
South Bend	$81,000	360
Elkhart	$72,000	200
Terre Haute	$77,000	200
Bloomington	$83,000	150
Muncie	$74,000	150
Lafayette	$88,000	140
Anderson	$79,000	140
Michigan City	$79,000	110
Kokomo	$71,000	80
Columbus	$74,000	70

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$86,000	910
Cedar Rapids	$72,000	300
Iowa City	$90,000	300
Waterloo	$70,000	250
Davenport	$69,000	220
Ames	$77,000	170
Dubuque	$63,000	100
Sioux City	$82,000	90

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$77,000	580
Topeka	$74,000	290
Lawrence	$74,000	70

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$81,000	1,640
Lexington	$84,000	610
Bowling Green	$80,000	120
Owensboro	$65,000	100
Elizabethtown	$71,000	70

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Shreveport	$62,000	810
Baton Rouge	$76,000	720
New Orleans	$81,000	700
Lafayette	$73,000	200
Alexandria	$71,000	190
Monroe	$63,000	140
Houma	$64,000	120
Lake Charles	$63,000	120

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$109,000	490
Bangor	$90,000	200
Lewiston	$75,000	110

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$92,000	3,860
Bethesda	$102,000	1,770
Hagerstown	$78,000	220
Salisbury	$81,000	100
Cumberland	$64,000	60

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$112,000	4,860
Worcester	$88,000	760
Springfield	$106,000	720
Framingham	$98,000	250
Brockton	$86,000	210
Lowell	$87,000	200
Barnstable Town	$107,000	170
New Bedford	$85,000	160
Haverhill	$81,000	150
Lawrence	$127,000	140
Leominster	$82,000	120
Taunton	$100,000	70
Pittsfield	$87,000	40

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$87,000	1,810
Detroit	$94,000	1,800
Lansing	$79,000	760
Grand Rapids	$84,000	710
Ann Arbor	$91,000	550
Kalamazoo	$81,000	370
Flint	$83,000	330
Saginaw	$80,000	260
Niles	$74,000	140
Muskegon	$80,000	130
Jackson	$75,000	130
Holland	$78,000	130
Bay City	$103,000	100
Battle Creek	$85,000	100
Monroe	$69,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$99,000	3,860
Duluth	$77,000	310
Rochester	$105,000	300
St Cloud	$99,000	150

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$75,000	470
Gulfport	$79,000	210
Pascagoula	$74,000	140
Hattiesburg	$77,000	120

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$82,000	1,920
Kansas City	$79,000	1,880
Springfield	$61,000	280
Jefferson City	$60,000	210
Joplin	$64,000	190
Columbia	$81,000	150
St Joseph	$93,000	80

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Missoula	$74,000	80
Great Falls	$63,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$81,000	1,090
Lincoln	$81,000	450

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$92,000	1,430
Reno	$89,000	320
Carson City	$95,000	90

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$93,000	240
Nashua	$85,000	170
Rochester	$89,000	120
Portsmouth	$87,000	40

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$105,000	2,110
Edison	$103,000	2,010
Camden	$96,000	1,020
Trenton	$94,000	500
Atlantic City	$86,000	220
Vineland	$98,000	100
Ocean City	$90,000	40

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$95,000	700
Santa Fe	$86,000	240
Farmington	$72,000	70
Las Cruces	$98,000	70

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$111,000	15,540
Nassau	$114,000	3,360
Albany	$88,000	1,670
Rochester	$91,000	1,200
Buffalo	$96,000	1,170
Syracuse	$90,000	680
Poughkeepsie	$94,000	590
Binghamton	$86,000	180
Kingston	$88,000	150
Elmira	$88,000	120
Ithaca	$88,000	80

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$91,000	1,110
Raleigh	$87,000	850
Durham	$104,000	660
Greensboro	$81,000	540
Asheville	$86,000	510
Winston Salem	$92,000	440
Wilmington	$88,000	250
Fayetteville	$85,000	230
Hickory	$77,000	230
Greenville	$81,000	170
Rocky Mount	$89,000	160
Burlington	$99,000	90
Jacksonville	$76,000	70
Goldsboro	$96,000	60

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bismarck	$67,000	140
Grand Forks	$81,000	140
Fargo	$71,000	120

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$85,000	2,290
Cincinnati	$83,000	1,920
Columbus	$82,000	1,830
Dayton	$83,000	790
Toledo	$78,000	740
Akron	$88,000	680
Youngstown	$76,000	560
Canton	$86,000	380
Lima	$78,000	180
Springfield	$72,000	100
Mansfield	$75,000	100
Sandusky	$80,000	70

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tulsa	$61,000	1,410
Oklahoma City	$68,000	1,350
Lawton	$81,000	60

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$101,000	1,640
Eugene	$80,000	260
Salem	$83,000	200
Medford	$94,000	150
Bend	$92,000	110
Corvallis	$97,000	90

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$87,000	4,980
Pittsburgh	$85,000	2,400
Allentown	$76,000	970
Scranton	$70,000	680
Harrisburg	$81,000	550
Lancaster	$76,000	350
Reading	$87,000	340
York	$70,000	340
Erie	$73,000	280
Williamsport	$92,000	150
Johnstown	$67,000	130
Altoona	$100,000	130
Lebanon	$81,000	90
State College		70

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$99,000	1,150

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$76,000	740
Charleston	$84,000	670
Greenville	$75,000	650
Florence	$77,000	230
Anderson	$77,000	150
Myrtle Beach	$70,000	140
Spartanburg	$103,000	110
Sumter	$67,000	90

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$86,000	200
Rapid City	$84,000	90

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$86,000	1,880
Memphis	$83,000	1,010
Knoxville	$69,000	850
Chattanooga	$75,000	460
Jackson	$69,000	240
Johnson City	$80,000	220
Kingsport	$84,000	170
Clarksville	$67,000	110
Morristown	$57,000	80
Cleveland	$73,000	60

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$84,000	4,620
Dallas	$86,000	3,590
Fort Worth	$74,000	1,550
San Antonio	$87,000	1,540
Austin	$79,000	900
El Paso	$79,000	350
Tyler	$78,000	350
Mcallen	$77,000	330
Corpus Christi	$75,000	310
Lubbock	$64,000	310
Waco	$64,000	280
Killeen	$77,000	270
Amarillo	$78,000	220
Beaumont	$62,000	210
Brownsville	$72,000	200
Abilene	$75,000	170
Texarkana	$75,000	160
Midland	$60,000	120
College Station	$82,000	120
Longview	$76,000	110
Odessa	$82,000	90
Victoria	$72,000	90
San Angelo	$90,000	90
Wichita Falls	$73,000	80
Sherman	$73,000	80
Laredo	$77,000	70

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$89,000	1,240
Provo	$81,000	270
Ogden	$85,000	260
Logan	$90,000	50

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$123,000	310

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$78,000	950
Richmond	$89,000	940
Roanoke	$90,000	310
Charlottesville	$89,000	190
Lynchburg	$78,000	150
Winchester	$95,000	130
Blacksburg	$97,000	110
Harrisonburg	$99,000	70

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$119,000	1,650
Tacoma	$110,000	260
Spokane	$99,000	250
Yakima	$104,000	100
Bremerton	$97,000	90
Olympia	$107,000	90
Kennewick	$98,000	70
Mount Vernon	$96,000	60
Bellingham	$95,000	50
Longview	$84,000	40
Wenatchee	$100,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$61,000	380
Huntington	$82,000	250
Parkersburg	$78,000	160
Morgantown	$69,000	140
Wheeling	$68,000	120
Weirton	$88,000	100

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$83,000	1,640
Madison	$103,000	440
La Crosse	$81,000	220
Green Bay	$80,000	190
Appleton	$80,000	150
Eau Claire	$81,000	140
Oshkosh	$79,000	120
Wausau	$81,000	100
Janesville	$87,000	100
Sheboygan	$80,000	90
Racine	$80,000	90
Fond	$77,000	60

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$77,000	180
Casper	$80,000	90

Our health services manager career and school information is provided by CTI Career Search.