The highest paying states for medical and health services managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of medical and health services managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $127,890, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for medical and health services managers. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $119,350). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of medical and health services managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $127,890 |
$76,770 | 1,670 |
| 2 | New York | $119,350 |
$72,100 | 25,850 |
| 3 | California | $113,790 |
$58,350 | 34,140 |
| 4 | Delaware | $112,130 |
$72,130 | 1,010 |
| 5 | New Jersey | $112,120 |
$82,930 | 11,060 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $111,430 |
$74,820 | 5,440 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $111,220 |
$69,540 | 1,490 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $108,980 |
$62,820 | 13,770 |
| 9 | Hawaii | $108,180 |
$62,780 | 1,500 |
| 10 | Nevada | $106,820 |
$57,880 | 1,980 |
| 11 | Colorado | $106,700 |
$65,000 | 4,990 |
| 12 | Maryland | $106,050 |
$70,720 | 10,210 |
| 13 | Washington | $103,740 |
$56,420 | 6,550 |
| 14 | Alaska | $102,520 |
$64,010 | 930 |
| 15 | Oregon | $101,300 |
$59,780 | 4,260 |
| 16 | Virginia | $100,780 |
$62,260 | 7,620 |
| 17 | North Carolina | $100,190 |
$70,580 | 8,660 |
| 18 | Florida | $100,120 |
$60,960 | 14,440 |
| 19 | South Dakota | $100,050 |
$69,240 | 770 |
| 20 | New Mexico | $99,980 |
$58,740 | 1,750 |
| 21 | New Hampshire | $99,720 |
$64,260 | 1,630 |
| 22 | Illinois | $99,500 |
$59,790 | 13,250 |
| 23 | Minnesota | $98,460 |
$63,440 | 8,080 |
| 24 | Texas | $96,830 |
$54,690 | 23,740 |
| 25 | West Virginia | $95,980 |
$59,650 | 1,460 |
| 26 | Nebraska | $95,060 |
$61,620 | 2,820 |
| 27 | Michigan | $94,930 |
$57,520 | 10,940 |
| 28 | Missouri | $94,670 |
$59,180 | 6,210 |
| 29 | Utah | $94,440 |
$53,620 | 3,020 |
| 30 | Arizona | $94,340 |
$53,980 | 8,100 |
| 31 | North Dakota | $93,840 |
$57,540 | 910 |
| 32 | Georgia | $93,700 |
$56,630 | 8,140 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | $93,510 |
$59,070 | 7,380 |
| 34 | Alabama | $92,070 |
$58,020 | 2,810 |
| 35 | Wyoming | $91,990 |
$61,060 | 700 |
| 36 | Ohio | $90,830 |
$60,050 | 15,330 |
| 37 | Louisiana | $88,040 |
$57,340 | 3,860 |
| 38 | Tennessee | $87,960 |
$54,670 | 9,630 |
| 39 | Indiana | $87,420 |
$54,080 | 7,650 |
| 40 | Pennsylvania | $86,830 |
$50,190 | 14,540 |
| 41 | Montana | $86,170 |
$52,230 | 1,240 |
| 42 | Maine | $85,550 |
$57,070 | 1,840 |
| 43 | South Carolina | $83,820 |
$50,460 | 5,160 |
| 44 | Vermont | $83,580 |
$55,810 | 760 |
| 45 | Idaho | $83,190 |
$47,600 | 1,910 |
| 46 | Kansas | $82,060 |
$55,270 | 3,610 |
| 47 | Kentucky | $80,710 |
$53,810 | 4,710 |
| 48 | Mississippi | $78,670 |
$47,820 | 2,700 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $78,360 |
$46,200 | 6,210 |
| 50 | Iowa | $77,150 |
$52,820 | 6,160 |
| 51 | Guam | $76,640 |
$48,940 | 70 |
| 52 | Arkansas | $74,160 |
$48,010 | 4,360 |
| 53 | Virgin Islands | $72,000 |
$44,740 | 90 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $60,860 |
$38,670 | 1,070 |
