Highest-paying management jobs in Atlanta

Not everyone has what it takes to be a manager in today's workplace, and those who do tend to be well compensated.

Workers today are split on how they want to interact with their jobs. Half of workers want to blend their work and their personal lives, while the other roughly 50% prefer to keep them separate, according to Gallup polling. The lion's share want more flexibility in where they perform their work—at a time when businesses may have to buckle in for tougher economic conditions in the year ahead.

Whether overseeing a sales team or leading a commercial building project, these are the challenges that get management professionals out of bed in the morning.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying management jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as "management occupations" were included.

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#30. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $64,090
- #154 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,400

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)

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#29. Lodging managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $66,670
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,770
- Employment: 35,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)

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#28. Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $66,800
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,810
- Employment: 17,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($108,680)
--- Lexington-Fayette, KY ($108,430)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($105,390)

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#27. Food service managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $68,240
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,940

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

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#26. Social and community service managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $73,310
- #146 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,750

National
- Annual mean salary: $76,790
- Employment: 156,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,530)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,240)
--- Charlottesville, VA ($98,200)

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#25. Funeral home managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $84,070
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $82,900
- Employment: 12,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($116,760)
--- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ($115,400)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($112,820)

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#24. Postmasters and mail superintendents

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $84,970
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,820
- Employment: 12,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($97,930)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($96,450)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($94,460)

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#23. Emergency management directors

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $93,990
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $84,800
- Employment: 10,320
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($142,000)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($124,780)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($123,170)

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#22. Facilities managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $97,470
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,280

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,970
- Employment: 101,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($146,040)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($136,440)
--- Ithaca, NY ($136,210)

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#21. Fundraising managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $98,890
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

National
- Annual mean salary: $119,400
- Employment: 23,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($175,610)
--- Syracuse, NY ($155,700)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($153,980)

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#20. Construction managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $100,220
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,770

National
- Annual mean salary: $108,210
- Employment: 284,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($160,710)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,050)
--- Napa, CA ($145,430)

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#19. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $101,120
- #138 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,160

National
- Annual mean salary: $102,650
- Employment: 274,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,880)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($143,450)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($142,330)

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#18. General and operations managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $110,090
- #137 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 56,440

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,250
- Employment: 2,984,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($165,340)
--- Trenton, NJ ($165,030)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($159,210)

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#17. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $110,860
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,580

National
- Annual mean salary: $105,580
- Employment: 144,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($159,890)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($154,170)
--- Trenton, NJ ($144,620)

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#16. Industrial production managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $118,570
- #126 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,760

National
- Annual mean salary: $117,780
- Employment: 192,270
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($155,640)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($153,860)
--- Fort Collins, CO ($153,470)

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#15. Medical and health services managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $118,790
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $119,840
- Employment: 436,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,110)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($157,340)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($156,370)

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#14. Administrative services managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $119,680
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,510

National
- Annual mean salary: $113,030
- Employment: 224,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,360)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($142,650)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($141,950)

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#13. Training and development managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $124,440
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 980

National
- Annual mean salary: $128,800
- Employment: 35,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($180,360)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($176,270)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($166,410)

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#12. Public relations managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $126,840
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,270

National
- Annual mean salary: $138,000
- Employment: 59,850
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($183,410)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($182,890)
--- Boulder, CO ($174,250)

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#11. Compensation and benefits managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $128,210
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610

National
- Annual mean salary: $139,470
- Employment: 15,330
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($190,560)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($187,770)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,130)

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#10. Purchasing managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $129,140
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,610

National
- Annual mean salary: $134,590
- Employment: 69,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($181,030)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,010)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($174,760)

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#9. Human resources managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $131,300
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,330

National
- Annual mean salary: $136,590
- Employment: 166,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($190,020)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($186,930)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($175,410)

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#8. Education administrators, postsecondary

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $135,580
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 870

National
- Annual mean salary: $111,260
- Employment: 155,990
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Corvallis, OR ($178,570)
--- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($165,940)
--- Syracuse, NY ($164,660)

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#7. Sales managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $145,860
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,970

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,390
- Employment: 453,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($198,960)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($196,910)
--- Boulder, CO ($182,820)

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#6. Marketing managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $146,740
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,920

National
- Annual mean salary: $153,440
- Employment: 278,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($210,280)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($198,870)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($191,310)

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#5. Advertising and promotions managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $148,590
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 500

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,860
- Employment: 22,520
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($193,980)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($182,520)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($166,620)

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#4. Natural sciences managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $150,660
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 690

National
- Annual mean salary: $156,110
- Employment: 74,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($222,360)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($219,240)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($216,750)

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#3. Architectural and engineering managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $152,440
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,220

National
- Annual mean salary: $158,970
- Employment: 187,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,000)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($206,050)
--- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($198,430)

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#2. Financial managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $154,030
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 15,170

National
- Annual mean salary: $153,460
- Employment: 681,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)

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#1. Computer and information systems managers

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Annual mean salary: $162,470
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 10,640

National
- Annual mean salary: $162,930
- Employment: 485,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($211,470)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($202,800)

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