Best Manager, All Other programs in California, ranked by enrollment
All managers not listed.
262 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 163,129 people a year. The job pays a median of $174,560 in California across about 99,580 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in California that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
81 programs in California that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in California (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own California page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.0201In California → | 56,548 | 34.7% | 218 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 42.0101In California → | 27,882 | 17.1% | 186 | $31,426 | $25,250 |
| 3 | CIP 45.1101In California → | 11,291 | 6.9% | 178 | $34,099 | $25,000 |
| 4 | CIP 45.0101In California → | 7,547 | 4.6% | 64 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 5 | CIP 45.1001In California → | 7,165 | 4.4% | 170 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
| 6 | CIP 43.0103In California → | 7,013 | 4.3% | 109 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 7 | CIP 45.0601In California → | 6,490 | 4.0% | 126 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 8 | CIP 45.0603In California → | 4,834 | 3.0% | 34 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 9 | CIP 54.0101In California → | 4,569 | 2.8% | 176 | $31,217 | $24,000 |
| 10 | CIP 42.2799In California → | 3,235 | 2.0% | 22 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 11 | CIP 52.0101In California → | 2,849 | 1.7% | 67 | $44,700 | $24,000 |
| 12 | CIP 42.2801In California → | 2,568 | 1.6% | 32 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 13 | CIP 45.0201In California → | 2,142 | 1.3% | 134 | $27,806 | $23,000 |
| 14 | CIP 42.2803In California → | 2,119 | 1.3% | 26 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 15 | CIP 44.0401In California → | 1,321 | 0.8% | 39 | $45,374 | $26,000 |
| 16 | CIP 42.2814In California → | 1,218 | 0.7% | 14 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 17 | CIP 45.0401In California → | 1,142 | 0.7% | 14 | $37,366 | $25,000 |
| 18 | CIP 52.0703In California → | 1,109 | 0.7% | 73 | $43,803 | $23,374 |
| 19 | CIP 52.0213In California → | 1,020 | 0.6% | 31 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 20 | CIP 25.0101In California → | 846 | 0.5% | 3 | $29,163 | $30,154 |
| 21 | CIP 45.0901In California → | 829 | 0.5% | 27 | $37,878 | $21,750 |
| 22 | CIP 42.2805In California → | 735 | 0.5% | 18 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 23 | CIP 09.0702In California → | 620 | 0.4% | 19 | $29,112 | $23,836 |
| 24 | CIP 42.2704In California → | 607 | 0.4% | 3 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 25 | CIP 42.2706In California → | 567 | 0.3% | 3 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 26 | CIP 45.0701In California → | 561 | 0.3% | 75 | $38,944 | $22,762 |
| 27 | CIP 42.9999In California → | 521 | 0.3% | 10 | $36,890 | $18,200 |
| 28 | CIP 45.0702In California → | 458 | 0.3% | 34 | $38,944 | $22,762 |
| 29 | CIP 42.2813In California → | 456 | 0.3% | 10 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 30 | CIP 42.2812In California → | 360 | 0.2% | 9 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 31 | CIP 45.9999In California → | 356 | 0.2% | 11 | $36,279 | $25,312 |
| 32 | CIP 52.0701In California → | 310 | 0.2% | 17 | $43,803 | $23,374 |
| 33 | CIP 11.1005In California → | 295 | 0.2% | 7 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
| 34 | CIP 42.2804In California → | 260 | 0.2% | 14 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 35 | CIP 45.1201In California → | 256 | 0.2% | 11 | $40,294 | $21,775 |
| 36 | CIP 45.0999In California → | 223 | 0.1% | 4 | $37,878 | $21,750 |
| 37 | CIP 43.0301In California → | 199 | 0.1% | 7 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 38 | CIP 45.0102In California → | 197 | 0.1% | 4 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 39 | CIP 52.0211In California → | 182 | 0.1% | 5 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 40 | CIP 03.0204In California → | 166 | 0.1% | 1 | $37,946 | $24,125 |
| 41 | CIP 45.1099In California → | 159 | 0.1% | 4 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
| 42 | CIP 50.1001In California → | 156 | 0.1% | 4 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 43 | Systems Science and Theorymain feeder CIP 30.0601In California → | 148 | 0.1% | 6 | $35,840 | $23,250 |
| 44 | CIP 42.2899In California → | 142 | 0.1% | 6 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 45 | CIP 54.0199In California → | 129 | 0.1% | 4 | $31,217 | $24,000 |
| 46 | CIP 42.2806In California → | 126 | 0.1% | 7 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 47 | CIP 45.0902In California → | 125 | 0.1% | 4 | $37,878 | $21,750 |
| 48 | CIP 42.2703In California → | 122 | 0.1% | 4 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 49 | CIP 42.2701In California → | 113 | 0.1% | 4 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 50 | CIP 45.0604In California → | 110 | 0.1% | 3 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 51 | CIP 52.0999In California → | 80 | 0.0% | 2 | $34,218 | $23,364 |
| 52 | CIP 52.0206In California → | 75 | 0.0% | 6 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 53 | CIP 42.2810In California → | 72 | 0.0% | 2 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 54 | CIP 43.0302In California → | 62 | 0.0% | 3 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 55 | CIP 45.0301In California → | 56 | 0.0% | 9 | $26,804 | $23,008 |
| 56 | CIP 42.2709In California → | 47 | 0.0% | 2 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 57 | CIP 42.2707In California → | 40 | 0.0% | 3 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 58 | CIP 43.0202In California → | 36 | 0.0% | 1 | $48,952 | $12,750 |
| 59 | CIP 45.0299In California → | 32 | 0.0% | 4 | $27,806 | $23,000 |
| 60 | CIP 43.0404In California → | 31 | 0.0% | 3 | $40,889 | $25,000 |
| 61 | CIP 45.0605In California → | 25 | 0.0% | 2 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 62 | CIP 45.1004In California → | 24 | 0.0% | 3 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
| 63 | CIP 45.0699In California → | 22 | 0.0% | 4 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 64 | CIP 52.0210In California → | 20 | 0.0% | 1 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 65 | CIP 45.0501In California → | 17 | 0.0% | 3 | — | — |
| 66 | CIP 25.0103In California → | 15 | 0.0% | 1 | $29,163 | $30,154 |
| 67 | CIP 43.0304In California → | 15 | 0.0% | 1 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 68 | CIP 30.1202In California → | 14 | 0.0% | 3 | $35,326 | $22,812 |
| 69 | CIP 51.2009In California → | 10 | 0.0% | 2 | $48,728 | $23,761 |
| 70 | CIP 54.0105In California → | 8 | 0.0% | 2 | $31,217 | $24,000 |
| 71 | CIP 50.1004In California → | 6 | 0.0% | 3 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 72 | CIP 50.1002In California → | 5 | 0.0% | 1 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 73 | CIP 30.4701In California → | 4 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 74 | CIP 45.0199In California → | 4 | 0.0% | 1 | $35,590 | $24,095 |
| 75 | CIP 30.3901In California → | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 76 | CIP 42.2802In California → | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 77 | CIP 43.0100In California → | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | $37,408 | $24,069 |
| 78 | CIP 45.1199In California → | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | $34,099 | $25,000 |
| 79 | CIP 39.0801In California → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 80 | CIP 45.0602In California → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 81 | CIP 45.1002In California → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
Top 25 schools in California
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 89 of the 262 schools in this state.
All 262 schools in California
Every school in California with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego State University | San Diego | Public | 4,248 | 24 |
| University of California - Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public | 4,126 | 13 |
| University of the People | Pasadena | Private not-for-profit | 4,072 | 1 |
| California State University - Fullerton | Fullerton | Public | 3,972 | 11 |
| San Jose State University | San Jose | Public | 3,631 | 17 |
| California State University - Long Beach | Long Beach | Public | 3,333 | 13 |
| California State University - Northridge | Northridge | Public | 3,309 | 16 |
| University of California - Irvine | Irvine | Public | 3,295 | 20 |
| University of California - Berkeley | Berkeley | Public | 3,032 | 15 |
| University of California - Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | Public | 2,841 | 13 |
| National University | San Diego | Private not-for-profit | 2,699 | 17 |
| University of California - Riverside | Riverside | Public | 2,673 | 14 |
| California State University - Sacramento | Sacramento | Public | 2,628 | 15 |
| University of California - Davis | Davis | Public | 2,310 | 11 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private not-for-profit | 2,245 | 25 |
What managers, all other earn in California
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $141,900. California pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: California employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in California
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Managers, All Other page.
How to become a Manager, All Other
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in California
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Managers, All Other23 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 03.0204Environmental/Natural Resource Economics
- 09.0702Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
- 11.1005Information Technology Project Management
- 25.0101Library and Information Science
- 25.0103Archives/Archival Administration
- 30.0601Systems Science and Theory
- 30.1202Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
- 30.3901Economics and Computer Science
- 30.4001Economics and Foreign Language/Literature
- 30.4201Geoarcheaology
- 30.4501History and Language/Literature(no graduates reported)
- 30.4601History and Political Science
- 30.4701Linguistics and Anthropology
- 30.5101Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- 30.5201Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, General
- 30.5202Digital Humanities
- 30.5203Textual Studies(no graduates reported)
- 39.0801Religious Institution Administration and Management
- 42.0101Psychology, General
- 42.2701Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
- 42.2702Comparative Psychology
- 42.2703Developmental and Child Psychology
- 42.2704Experimental Psychology
- 42.2705Personality Psychology
- 42.2706Behavioral Neuroscience
Common questions
Answers for people weighing managers, all other programs in California.
What degree do you need to become a Manager, All Other?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 56,548 degrees in California in 2024-25, 34.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Manager, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 81 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, plus 33 more. Together they graduate about 163,129 people a year in California.
How much do managers, all other earn in California?+
The median is $174,560 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 23.0% above the U.S. median of $141,900. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for managers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +4.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 106,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in California?+
262 institutions in California reported graduates from at least one of the 81 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do managers, all other work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Site Manager, Wind Site Manager, Compliance Manager, Wind Plant Manager, Compliance Director, Development Manager among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9199.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
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