Medical and Health Services Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.
What it pays
Medical and Health Services Managers earn a median of $59.55/hr — about $124,000 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $35.29/hr; the top 10% earn $107.86/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Medical and Health Services Managers earn a median of $59.55/hr — about $124,000 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $35.29/hr; the top 10% earn $107.86/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
- Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
- Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
- Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
- Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
- Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: Bachelor's degree. Overall preparation: considerable preparation (Job Zone 4 of 5).
The feel of the work
The work is mostly indoors; you're around people constantly. (Compared against the other 818 careers in the guide.)
Working for yourself
About 5.1% of medical and health services managers are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are take-charge, organized and detail-focused and people-focused.
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Quick questions
- How much does a medical and health services manager make?
- The median pay is $59.55 per hour — roughly $124,000 a year, with the real range running from about $35.29/hr (10th percentile) to $107.86/hr (90th percentile). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a medical and health services manager?
- The typical entry-level education is: Bachelor's degree. Overall preparation level: considerable preparation (Job Zone 4 of 5).
- What does a medical and health services manager actually do all day?
- Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel. Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports. Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS. Tasks & interests: O*NET. Career pathways shown in the app are draft archetypes — verify before relying on them. Trailhead is a free career guide for students — honest numbers, no hype.
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Trailhead is operated by FLEXVermont LLC. It is intended for high-school students age 13 and older, and the educators and families who support them, and is not directed to children under 13. Trailhead is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not offer professional, financial, or career advice, and its wage figures and pathways are estimates that may not fit your situation — they should not be relied on as the sole basis for any decision.