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 Olympia-Tumwater, WA 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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#24. Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $51,460
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $53,800
- Employment: 56,430
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($74,390)
--- Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ ($73,080)
--- Napa, CA ($70,330)
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#23. Property, real estate, and community association managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $80,080
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
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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#22. Legislators
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $82,000
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
National
- Annual mean salary: $57,110
- Employment: 44,590
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Yakima, WA ($139,690)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($136,400)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($132,460)
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#21. Food service managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $86,940
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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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#20. Social and community service managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $97,590
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190
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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#19. Facilities managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $100,950
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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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#18. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $107,470
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
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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#17. Construction managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $107,800
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320
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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#16. Industrial production managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $109,980
- #242 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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. Purchasing managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $113,840
- #156 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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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#14. General and operations managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $115,520
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,140
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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#13. Human resources managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $121,880
- #133 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
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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#12. Administrative services managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $122,530
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
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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#11. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $124,680
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200
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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#10. Financial managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $125,780
- #247 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640
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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#9. Natural sciences managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $127,100
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
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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#8. Public relations managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $127,210
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
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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#7. Medical and health services managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $132,560
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270
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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#6. Computer and information systems managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $132,690
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550
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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#5. Education administrators, postsecondary
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $135,340
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
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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#4. Marketing managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $148,500
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
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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#3. Sales managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $150,150
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260
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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#2. Architectural and engineering managers
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $153,590
- #77 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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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#1. Chief executives
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Annual mean salary: $200,940
- #164 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $213,020
- Employment: 200,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)
