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Health Services Managers
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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 262,000 jobs for people working as health services managers. People pursuing jobs in this occupation should expect a very low overall unemployment rate.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Government survey data shows that 6% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. Some 8% of health services managers work primarily as a consultant.
Training and Education
Having a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience may make it easier to find a job. Employees with a bachelor's degree or higher are 57% of the total. About 32% of health services managers have some college education, but do not have a degree. High school was all the education required by 11% of workers to get a job. 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.
Area Job Conditions
Cities with few jobs per capita for employees are Bellingham (Washington), Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and Panama City (Florida). The most jobs are found in Ames (Iowa), Cheyenne (Wyoming), and Shreveport (Louisiana).
Within the US, the highest salaries for health services managers are found in San Jose (California), Olympia (Washington), and Seattle (Washington), and the lowest are found in Pocatello (Idaho), Charleston (West Virginia), and Idaho Falls (Idaho).
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Health Services Managers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Health Services Managers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Health Services Managers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Health Services Managers are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 50 $81,600 0.6 Alabama Auburn 30 $86,340 0.4 Alabama Birmingham 780 $84,880 0.8 Alabama Decatur 50 $73,610 0.5 Alabama Dothan 110 $98,760 1 Alabama Florence 60 $67,420 0.7 Alabama Gadsden 50 $93,510 0.9 Alabama Huntsville 160 $70,810 0.4 Alabama Mobile 230 $86,200 0.7 Alabama Montgomery 170 $83,370 0.5 Alabama Tuscaloosa 120 $90,750 0.7 Alaska Anchorage 440 $93,740 1.4 Alaska Fairbanks 60 $74,760 1.1 Arizona Flagstaff 120 $87,630 1.3 Arizona Kingman 110 $62,670 1.2 Arizona Phoenix 4,090 $73,630 1.1 Arizona Prescott 100 $76,840 0.9 Arizona Tucson 910 $82,170 1.3 Arizona Yuma 110 $66,450 1 Arkansas Fayetteville 240 $82,450 0.6 Arkansas Fort Smith 180 $67,740 0.8 Arkansas Hot Springs 120 $77,580 1.9 Arkansas Jonesboro 90 $60,720 1.1 Arkansas Little Rock 740 $75,770 1.1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 90 $73,860 1.6 California Bakersfield 380 $88,600 0.7 California Chico 160 $86,290 1.3 California El Centro 40 $92,780 0.5 California Fresno 650 $97,200 1 California Hanford 60 $98,280 1.3 California Madera 90 $101,600 1.5 California Merced 100 $98,190 1 California Modesto 290 $90,140 0.9 California Napa 170 $89,560 1.5 California Oakland 1,960 $107,590 1 California Oxnard 570 $98,130 1 California Redding 200 $72,180 1.7 California Riverside 1,750 $101,480 0.7 California Sacramento 1,790 $105,430 1 California Salinas 450 $131,500 1.5 California San Diego 2,030 $102,080 0.8 California San Francisco 1,700 $100,510 0.9 California San Jose 1,200 $115,750 0.7 California San Luis Obispo 160 $91,460 0.9 California Santa Ana 2,000 $98,980 0.7 California Santa Barbara 260 $102,160 0.8 California Santa Cruz 220 $92,000 1.4 California Santa Rosa 370 $90,470 1.1 California Stockton 500 $85,860 1.2 California Vallejo 250 $94,250 1.1 California Visalia 260 $78,800 1 California Yuba City 100 $74,640 1.5 Colorado Boulder 220 $88,080 0.7 Colorado Colorado Springs 420 $86,700 0.9 Colorado Denver 1,600 $91,590 0.6 Colorado Fort Collins 220 $103,360 1 Colorado Grand Junction 90 $83,760 0.9 Colorado Greeley 210 $95,640 1.6 Colorado Pueblo 110 $82,080 1.2 Connecticut Bridgeport 700 $87,330 0.8 Connecticut Danbury 270 $101,880 2.1Connecticut Hartford 1,790 $100,030 1.6 Connecticut New Haven 900 $113,180 1.7 Connecticut Norwich 290 $98,340 1.3 Connecticut Waterbury 180 $99,950 1.5 Delaware Dover 190 $83,280 2 Delaware Wilmington 760 $88,540 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 3,810 $96,570 0.8 Florida Cape Coral 230 $110,640 0.6 Florida Deltona 170 $105,170 0.6 Florida Fort Lauderdale 880 $102,210 0.6 Florida Fort Walton Beach 40 $85,580 0.3 Florida Gainesville 230 $98,590 1.1 Florida Jacksonville 540 $90,600 0.5 Florida Lakeland 130 $100,580 0.4 Florida Miami 1,200 $108,260 0.6 Florida Naples 150 $83,730 0.7 Florida Ocala 90 $90,420 0.5 Florida Orlando 920 $107,860 0.4 Florida Palm Bay 270 $87,980 0.7 Florida Panama City 30 $125,580 0.2 Florida Pensacola 180 $75,050 0.6 Florida Port St Lucie 130 $81,680 0.6 Florida Punta Gorda 60 $76,170 0.9 Florida Sarasota 300 $90,430 0.6 Florida Sebastian 40 $109,050 0.5 Florida Tallahassee 220 $90,970 0.7 Florida Tampa 1,250 $101,020 0.5 Florida West Palm Beach 590 $99,050 0.6 Georgia Albany 170 $75,500 1.6 Georgia Athens 280 $84,770 2.1Georgia Atlanta 4,890 $90,480 1 Georgia Augusta 810 $81,080 2.1Georgia Brunswick 40 $75,650 0.6 Georgia Columbus 240 $81,280 1.2 Georgia Dalton 100 $76,120 0.7 Georgia Gainesville 210 1.7 Georgia Macon 160 $79,920 0.9 Georgia Rome 90 $73,720 1.5 Georgia Savannah 370 $78,940 1.3 Georgia Valdosta 110 $77,710 1.1 Georgia Warner Robins 60 $64,980 0.7 Hawaii Honolulu 770 $99,150 0.9 Idaho Boise 850 $74,280 1.6 Idaho Coeur Dalene 140 $67,750 1.5 Idaho Idaho Falls 120 $56,580 1.5 Idaho Lewiston 50 $66,900 1.4 Idaho Pocatello 80 $54,860 1.6 Illinois Bloomington 80 $73,030 0.6 Illinois Champaign 140 $78,130 0.8 Illinois Chicago 5,260 $87,430 0.7 Illinois Danville 80 $82,660 1.9 Illinois Decatur 50 $91,040 0.6 Illinois Peoria 380 $106,670 1.2 Illinois Rockford 220 $79,740 0.8 Illinois Springfield 110 $82,860 0.6 Indiana Anderson 140 $79,000 2.1Indiana Bloomington 150 $82,720 1.2 Indiana Columbus 70 $74,090 1 Indiana Elkhart 200 $71,960 0.8 Indiana Evansville 480 $72,860 1.5 Indiana Fort Wayne 390 $79,490 1 Indiana Gary 630 $84,740 1.2 Indiana Indianapolis 2,300 $80,360 1.3 Indiana Kokomo 80 $71,170 1.4 Indiana Lafayette 140 $87,850 1 Indiana Michigan City 110 $79,380 1.5 Indiana Muncie 150 $74,120 1.9 Indiana South Bend 360 $80,960 1.4 Indiana Terre Haute 200 $77,170 1.6 Iowa Ames 170 $76,940 2.7Iowa Cedar Rapids 300 $72,060 1.2 Iowa Davenport 220 $69,260 0.6 Iowa Des Moines 910 $86,100 1.4 Iowa Dubuque 100 $62,910 1.1 Iowa Iowa City 300 $89,680 2.3Iowa Sioux City 90 $81,940 0.7 Iowa Waterloo 250 $69,580 1.6 Kansas Lawrence 70 $74,060 0.9 Kansas Topeka 290 $74,230 1.4 Kansas Wichita 580 $77,270 1 Kentucky Bowling Green 120 $79,640 1.2 Kentucky Elizabethtown 70 $70,950 0.9 Kentucky Lexington 610 $84,010 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 1,640 $80,930 1.3 Kentucky Owensboro 100 $64,690 1.2 Louisiana Alexandria 190 $71,300 1.8 Louisiana Baton Rouge 720 $75,670 1 Louisiana Houma 120 $64,310 0.7 Louisiana Lafayette 200 $72,790 0.7 Louisiana Lake Charles 120 $62,620 0.8 Louisiana Monroe 140 $63,390 1 Louisiana New Orleans 700 $81,370 0.7 Louisiana Shreveport 810 $62,450 2.4Maine Bangor 200 $90,300 1.8 Maine Lewiston 110 $74,800 1.3 Maine Portland 490 $108,570 1.3 Maryland Baltimore 3,860 $92,180 1.5 Maryland Bethesda 1,770 $102,020 1.6 Maryland Cumberland 60 $64,400 1 Maryland Hagerstown 220 $78,060 1.2 Maryland Salisbury 100 $81,430 1.1 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 170 $106,680 0.9 Massachusetts Boston 4,860 $112,350 1.4 Massachusetts Brockton 210 $86,170 1.3 Massachusetts Framingham 250 $98,280 0.8 Massachusetts Haverhill 150 $81,180 1.1 Massachusetts Lawrence 140 $126,860 1.4 Massachusetts Leominster 120 $82,150 1.4 Massachusetts Lowell 200 $86,540 0.9 Massachusetts New Bedford 160 $85,050 1.4 Massachusetts Pittsfield 40 $87,010 0.7 Massachusetts Springfield 720 $105,990 1.2 Massachusetts Taunton 70 $99,840 0.9 Massachusetts Worcester 760 $88,140 1.6 Michigan Ann Arbor 550 $91,080 1.8 Michigan Battle Creek 100 $84,520 1.2 Michigan Bay City 100 $103,390 1.7 Michigan Detroit 1,800 $93,580 1.3 Michigan Flint 330 $83,310 1.3 Michigan Grand Rapids 710 $84,390 1 Michigan Holland 130 $77,510 0.7 Michigan Jackson 130 $75,340 1.4 Michigan Kalamazoo 370 $80,920 1.5 Michigan Lansing 760 $79,300 2.1Michigan Monroe 30 $68,510 0.5 Michigan Muskegon 130 $80,480 1.2 Michigan Niles 140 $73,860 1.3 Michigan Saginaw 260 $79,580 1.9 Michigan Warren 1,810 $86,900 0.8 Minnesota Duluth 310 $76,680 1.3 Minnesota Minneapolis 3,860 $99,130 1.1 Minnesota Rochester 300 $105,110 1.8 Minnesota St Cloud 150 $99,030 0.8 Mississippi Gulfport 210 $79,250 1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 120 $76,990 1.2 Mississippi Jackson 470 $75,410 1 Mississippi Pascagoula 140 $74,480 1.7 Missouri Columbia 150 $81,470 1 Missouri Jefferson City 210 $59,750 1.7 Missouri Joplin 190 $64,340 1.3 Missouri Kansas City 1,880 $79,020 0.9 Missouri Springfield 280 $61,000 0.8 Missouri St Joseph 80 $92,860 0.9 Missouri St Louis 1,920 $82,090 0.7 Montana Great Falls 50 $63,370 0.9 Montana Missoula 80 $73,530 0.9 Nebraska Lincoln 450 $80,640 1.5 Nebraska Omaha 1,090 $81,150 1.2 Nevada Carson City 90 $95,330 2.1Nevada Las Vegas 1,430 $91,540 0.8 Nevada Reno 320 $88,680 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 240 $92,780 1.2 New Hampshire Nashua 170 $84,620 0.7 New Hampshire Portsmouth 40 $86,700 0.4 New Hampshire Rochester 120 $89,410 1.2 New Jersey Atlantic City 220 $86,300 0.8 New Jersey Camden 1,020 $95,770 1 New Jersey Edison 2,010 $103,020 1 New Jersey Newark 2,110 $105,160 1.1 New Jersey Ocean City 40 $90,140 0.6 New Jersey Trenton 500 $93,770 1.2 New Jersey Vineland 100 $97,980 1 New Mexico Albuquerque 700 $94,820 0.9 New Mexico Farmington 70 $72,290 0.8 New Mexico Las Cruces 70 $98,160 0.6 New Mexico Santa Fe 240 $85,930 2.1New York Albany 1,670 $87,920 1.9 New York Binghamton 180 $85,740 0.9 New York Buffalo 1,170 $96,250 1.1 New York Elmira 120 $88,200 2New York Ithaca 80 $88,240 1.1 New York Kingston 150 $87,910 1.4 New York Nassau 3,360 $114,180 1.3 New York New York 15,540 $111,380 1.5 New York Poughkeepsie 590 $94,360 1.3 New York Rochester 1,200 $90,990 1.2 New York Syracuse 680 $89,780 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 510 $85,850 1.5 North Carolina Burlington 90 $98,790 0.9 North Carolina Charlotte 1,110 $90,900 0.6 North Carolina Durham 660 $103,530 1.2 North Carolina Fayetteville 230 $84,810 1 North Carolina Goldsboro 60 $95,540 1 North Carolina Greensboro 540 $80,710 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 170 $81,490 1.3 North Carolina Hickory 230 $76,860 0.7 North Carolina Jacksonville 70 $76,370 1 North Carolina Raleigh 850 $87,150 0.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 160 $88,690 1.6 North Carolina Wilmington 250 $87,610 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 440 $91,680 1.1 North Dakota Bismarck 140 $66,890 1.4 North Dakota Fargo 120 $71,220 0.6 North Dakota Grand Forks 140 $80,650 1.7 Ohio Akron 680 $87,540 1 Ohio Canton 380 $85,850 1.2 Ohio Cincinnati 1,920 $82,970 0.9 Ohio Cleveland 2,290 $84,510 1.1 Ohio Columbus 1,830 $82,420 1 Ohio Dayton 790 $82,630 1 Ohio Lima 180 $77,680 2 Ohio Mansfield 100 $75,200 1.1 Ohio Sandusky 70 $80,310 1.2 Ohio Springfield 100 $71,680 1.2 Ohio Toledo 740 $78,430 1.2 Ohio Youngstown 560 $76,040 1.2 Oklahoma Lawton 60 $81,460 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,350 $68,490 1.2 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,410 $61,000 1.6 Oregon Bend 110 $92,490 0.9 Oregon Corvallis 90 $97,220 1.8 Oregon Eugene 260 $80,120 0.9 Oregon Medford 150 $94,200 1 Oregon Portland 1,640 $101,190 0.8 Oregon Salem 200 $83,250 0.7 Pennsylvania Allentown 970 $76,380 1.5 Pennsylvania Altoona 130 $99,590 1.2 Pennsylvania Erie 280 $72,970 1.2 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 550 $81,260 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 130 $67,100 1.3 Pennsylvania Lancaster 350 $76,400 0.8 Pennsylvania Lebanon 90 $80,940 1.1 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,980 $86,780 1.3 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 2,400 $85,040 1.1 Pennsylvania Reading 340 $86,670 1.1 Pennsylvania Scranton 680 $69,910 1.4 Pennsylvania State College 70 0.7 Pennsylvania Williamsport 150 $92,420 1.7 Pennsylvania York 340 $70,230 1 Rhode Island Providence 1,150 $99,130 1 South Carolina Anderson 150 $77,260 1.4 South Carolina Charleston 670 $83,610 1.2 South Carolina Columbia 740 $76,060 1.1 South Carolina Florence 230 $77,440 1.5 South Carolina Greenville 650 $74,940 1.1 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 140 $69,700 0.6 South Carolina Spartanburg 110 $103,020 0.5 South Carolina Sumter 90 $66,980 1.6 South Dakota Rapid City 90 $84,400 0.8 South Dakota Sioux Falls 200 $86,100 0.8 Tennessee Chattanooga 460 $75,470 1 Tennessee Clarksville 110 $67,030 0.8 Tennessee Cleveland 60 $73,360 1 Tennessee Jackson 240 $68,690 2.4Tennessee Johnson City 220 $79,820 1.7 Tennessee Kingsport 170 $83,690 0.8 Tennessee Knoxville 850 $69,370 1.3 Tennessee Memphis 1,010 $83,030 0.8 Tennessee Morristown 80 $57,480 1 Tennessee Nashville 1,880 $85,820 1.2 Texas Abilene 170 $74,750 1.6 Texas Amarillo 220 $77,630 1.2 Texas Austin 900 $79,430 0.6 Texas Beaumont 210 $61,790 0.7 Texas Brownsville 200 $72,420 0.9 Texas College Station 120 $81,520 0.9 Texas Corpus Christi 310 $75,010 0.9 Texas Dallas 3,590 $85,850 0.9 Texas El Paso 350 $78,590 0.7 Texas Fort Worth 1,550 $74,110 0.9 Texas Houston 4,620 $84,300 0.9 Texas Killeen 270 $77,240 1.2 Texas Laredo 70 $77,140 0.5 Texas Longview 110 $75,790 0.6 Texas Lubbock 310 $64,220 1.4 Texas Mcallen 330 $76,570 0.8 Texas Midland 120 $59,960 1 Texas Odessa 90 $81,610 0.9 Texas San Angelo 90 $89,530 1.3 Texas San Antonio 1,540 $87,020 0.9 Texas Sherman 80 $72,680 1.2 Texas Texarkana 160 $74,700 1.7 Texas Tyler 350 $78,440 2.1Texas Victoria 90 $72,050 1.1 Texas Waco 280 $64,350 1.6 Texas Wichita Falls 80 $72,770 0.8 Utah Logan 50 $89,890 0.6 Utah Ogden 260 $84,630 0.7 Utah Provo 270 $80,520 0.9 Utah Salt Lake City 1,240 $89,120 1 Vermont Burlington 310 $123,290 1.5 Virginia Blacksburg 110 $97,460 1 Virginia Charlottesville 190 $89,460 1.1 Virginia Harrisonburg 70 $98,970 0.7 Virginia Lynchburg 150 $77,630 0.8 Virginia Richmond 940 $89,360 0.8 Virginia Roanoke 310 $89,970 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 950 $78,380 0.6 Virginia Winchester 130 $95,210 1.4 Washington Bellingham 50 $94,650 0.3 Washington Bremerton 90 $96,820 0.6 Washington Kennewick 70 $97,820 0.4 Washington Longview 40 $84,340 0.7 Washington Mount Vernon 60 $95,520 0.8 Washington Olympia 90 $107,100 0.5 Washington Seattle 1,650 $118,680 0.6 Washington Spokane 250 $98,560 0.6 Washington Tacoma 260 $110,430 0.5 Washington Wenatchee 40 $100,060 0.6 Washington Yakima 100 $104,150 0.7 West Virginia Charleston 380 $61,340 1.4 West Virginia Huntington 250 $81,660 1.2 West Virginia Morgantown 140 $69,380 1.8 West Virginia Parkersburg 160 $77,940 1.3 West Virginia Weirton 100 $87,940 1.4 West Virginia Wheeling 120 $67,530 1.1 Wisconsin Appleton 150 $79,520 0.7 Wisconsin Eau Claire 140 $81,060 1 Wisconsin Fond 60 $77,240 0.8 Wisconsin Green Bay 190 $80,050 0.6 Wisconsin Janesville 100 $86,690 0.9 Wisconsin La Crosse 220 $80,520 1.8 Wisconsin Madison 440 $102,670 0.7 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,640 $83,400 1 Wisconsin Oshkosh 120 $79,330 0.8 Wisconsin Racine 90 $80,330 0.7 Wisconsin Sheboygan 90 $79,970 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 100 $80,800 0.8 Wyoming Casper 90 $80,450 1.4 Wyoming Cheyenne 180 $76,860 2.5
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