Highest-paying management jobs in Austin

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January 6, 2023
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Highest-paying management jobs in Austin

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 Austin-Round Rock, TX 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.

#30. Legislators

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $52,590
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#29. Food service managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $65,230
- #103 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,520

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)

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

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $72,660
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,720

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)

#27. Social and community service managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $78,060
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#26. Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $78,700
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#25. Lodging managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $78,910
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#24. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $90,650
- #249 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,040

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)

#23. Emergency management directors

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $93,440
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#22. Fundraising managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $100,940
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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)

#21. Construction managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $101,870
- #166 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,970

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)

#20. Facilities managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $106,140
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 710

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)

#19. General and operations managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $110,770
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 33,180

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)

#18. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $112,220
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 740

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)

#17. Administrative services managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $116,800
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,340

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)

#16. Medical and health services managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $120,560
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,530

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)

#15. Advertising and promotions managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $121,640
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#14. Education administrators, postsecondary

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $125,270
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,370

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)

#13. Industrial production managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $127,730
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 980

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)

#12. Public relations managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $128,070
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 690

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)

#11. Natural sciences managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $128,130
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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)

#10. Human resources managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $135,670
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,450

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)

#9. Purchasing managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $139,190
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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)

#8. Compensation and benefits managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $140,550
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#7. Sales managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $145,420
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,540

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)

#6. Marketing managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $148,350
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,190

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)

#5. Training and development managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $151,420
- #8 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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)

#4. Computer and information systems managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $159,430
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,930

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)

#3. Financial managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $162,510
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,510

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)

#2. Architectural and engineering managers

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $179,490
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,910

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)

#1. Chief executives

Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Annual mean salary: $279,910
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 500

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)

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