Occupations/13-1111.00

Management Analysts

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

53%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

52%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

35%

More resilient

A day in this job

Mostly human
Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.
Mostly routine
Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
Task
Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

01Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
02Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
03Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
04Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
05Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
06Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

Repeating same tasks2.70
Degree of automation2.55
Time sitting4.19
Originality (ability)3.25
Conflict situations2.95
Hands-on objects/tools1.62
Outdoors / weather1.75
Disease exposure1.26
Decision freedom4.14

Top abilities

Written Comprehension4.12
Problem Sensitivity4.12
Oral Expression4.12
Oral Comprehension4.12
Written Expression4.00
Inductive Reasoning4.00
Deductive Reasoning4.00
Speech Recognition3.88

Essential skills

Reading Comprehension4.12
Active Listening4.12
Writing4.00
Speaking4.00
Mathematics3.00
Science1.88
Critical Thinking4.12
Active Learning3.25
Learning Strategies3.00
Monitoring3.88

CIP matches

13.0601Educational Evaluation and Research13.0603Educational Statistics and Research Methods13.0604Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement13.0608Institutional Research13.0699Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other27.0601Applied Statistics, General30.7101Data Analytics, General30.7102Business Analytics30.7103Data Visualization30.7104Financial Analytics30.7199Data Analytics, Other42.2804Industrial and Organizational Psychology52.0101Business/Commerce, General52.0201Business Administration and Management, General52.0213Organizational Leadership52.0601Business/Managerial Economics52.1301Management Science

Schools offering related programs

12 of 88 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

Institution	Program	Tuition	Admit	Grad 6-yr	Earnings
Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit	Business Administration and Management, General 52.0201	$62,400	4%	96%	1 yr $166,516 2 yr $163,337 Master's · CIP 52.02
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public	Business Administration and Management, General 52.0201	$15,200	24%	87%	1 yr $150,453 2 yr $143,744 Master's · CIP 52.02
Emory University Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit	Business/Commerce, General 52.0101	$60,800	11%	91%	1 yr $134,003 2 yr $135,250 Master's · CIP 52.01
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public	Business Administration and Management, General 52.0201	$17,700	18%	93%	1 yr $87,942 2 yr $83,177 Bachelor's · CIP 52.02
Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WI · Public	Industrial and Organizational Psychology 42.2804	$4,900	100%	27%	1 yr $81,702 2 yr $87,309 Doctoral · CIP 42.28
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	Business Administration and Management, General 52.0201	$13,800	9%	92%	1 yr $73,549 2 yr $81,456 Bachelor's · CIP 52.02
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public	Industrial and Organizational Psychology 42.2804	$7,400	48%	60%	1 yr — 2 yr $67,660 Master's · CIP 42.28
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit	Business Administration and Management, General 52.0201	$65,400	12%	95%	1 yr $67,660 2 yr $69,338 Bachelor's · CIP 52.02
Houston Community College Houston, TX · Public	Industrial and Organizational Psychology 42.2804	$4,300	100%	24%	1 yr $67,101 2 yr $55,512 Doctoral · CIP 42.28
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public	Industrial and Organizational Psychology 42.2804	$8,200	77%	71%	1 yr $65,238 2 yr — Master's · CIP 42.28
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public	Educational Evaluation and Research 13.0601	$9,200	47%	84%	1 yr $61,516 2 yr — Doctoral · CIP 13.06
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public	Business/Commerce, General 52.0101	$14,800	11%	93%	1 yr $60,623 2 yr $61,651 Bachelor's · CIP 52.01