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Management salary guide 2026

A focused set of 9 widely recognized jobs in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ management occupations group. A role inside a combined BLS occupation is labelled as combined data rather than presented as a role-only estimate. Open a direct occupation for a separately labelled 2026 trend estimate only when the post-2020 history contains at least 4 consecutive exact annual medians and the latest BLS employment estimate is at least 1,000. Take home estimates assume a single filer before state and local income taxes.

Management occupations, BLS median pay and estimated federal take home
OccupationMedianFederal take home
$166,790$125,271
$149,280$113,300
$148,270$112,603
$114,990$89,720
$107,230$84,262
$105,870$83,311
$69,990$58,069
$69,390$57,645
$69,250$57,543

Wages are BLS medians. Take home is an estimate calculated here from federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare; choose an occupation to calculate a specific state.