New Jersey·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9179

Best Personal Service Manager, All Other programs in New Jersey, ranked by enrollment

All personal service managers not listed.

51 schools in New Jersey run programs that feed this job, graduating 7,823 people a year. The job pays a median of $77,350 in New Jersey across about 170 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSpa ManagerSpa DirectorSalon ManagerFitness DirectorFitness CoordinatorFitness and Wellness DirectorFitness and Wellness CoordinatorSpa and Guest Experience Director
Graduates / yr
7,823
in New Jersey
Median pay · New Jersey
$77,350
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
170
people employed
Schools
51
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
49%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,094
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Jersey that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

4 programs in New Jersey that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Jersey (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 New Jersey page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
16,992
89.4%
49$43,506$25,000
2643
8.2%
10$44,700$24,000
3174
2.2%
14$34,218$23,364
414
0.2%
2$43,803$23,374

Top 25 schools in New Jersey

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 43 of the 51 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
735Business Administration and Management, General$42,33665%88%
2William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
527Business Administration and Management, General44%90%
3Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
418Business Administration and Management, General$46,43967%78%
4Middlesex College
Edison, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
333Business Administration and Management, General$33,09033%
5Rutgers University - Camden
Camden, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
333Business Administration and Management, General$58,89667%66%
6Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
327Business Administration and Management, General$47,17972%$28,51489%
7The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
320Business Administration and Management, General$56,28686%62%
8Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
314Business Administration and Management, General$33,47330%
9Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
308Business Administration and Management, General$58,89664%71%
10Kean University
Union, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
288Business Administration and Management, General$45,78247%76%
11Stockton University
Galloway, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
281Business Administration and Management, General$43,53369%89%
12Ocean County College
Toms River, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
242Business Administration and Management, General$29,33042%
13Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
239Business Administration and Management, General$69,147
14County College of Morris
Randolph, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
205Business Administration and Management, General$25,60736%
15Eastwick College - Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
200Business Administration and Management, General43%$36,020
16Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
178Business/Commerce, General$38,38731%
17UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey
Cranford, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
173Business/Commerce, General$27,22535%
18Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
135Business Administration and Management, General$27,15530%
19Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
133Business Administration and Management, General$33,78031%
20Essex County College
Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
132Business Administration and Management, General$32,63820%
21Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
126Business Administration and Management, General$33,78525%
22Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
125Business/Commerce, General70%71%
23Rowan College of South Jersey - Gloucester Campus
Sewell, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
123Business Administration and Management, General$33,60539%
24Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
122Business Administration and Management, General$34,81026%
25New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
122Business Administration and Management, General$52,17473%65%

All 51 schools in New Jersey

Every school in New Jersey 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.

All schools in New Jersey that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Montclair State UniversityMontclairPublic7353
William Paterson University of New JerseyWaynePublic5271
Rowan UniversityGlassboroPublic4181
Middlesex CollegeEdisonPublic3333
Rutgers University - CamdenCamdenPublic3331
Monmouth UniversityWest Long BranchPrivate not-for-profit3271
The College of New JerseyEwingPublic3201
Brookdale Community CollegeLincroftPublic3143
Rutgers University - NewarkNewarkPublic3081
Kean UniversityUnionPublic2881
Stockton UniversityGallowayPublic2812
Ocean County CollegeToms RiverPublic2423
Thomas Edison State UniversityTrentonPublic2391
County College of MorrisRandolphPublic2053
Eastwick College - HackensackHackensackPrivate for-profit2001

What personal service managers, all other earn in New Jersey

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Jersey
$77,350
Mean annual
$88,500
Jobs in state
170
What the range looks like
10th pct$51,780Median$77,35090th pct$133,120
Versus the national median
+10.9%

U.S. median $69,770. New Jersey pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.59×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+6.5%
Faster than average
Openings per year
2,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,600
25,100 → 26,700
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent

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 Personal Service Managers, All Other page.

How to become a Personal Service Manager, All Other

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
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

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New Jersey

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 7 majors mapped to Personal Service Managers, All Other7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 12.0412Salon/Beauty Salon Management/Manager
  • 52.0101Business/Commerce, General
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0212Retail Management
  • 52.0703Small Business Administration/Management
  • 52.0901Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • 52.0903Tourism and Travel Services Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing personal service managers, all other programs in New Jersey.

What degree do you need to become a Personal Service Manager, All Other?+

High school diploma or equivalent 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 6,992 degrees in New Jersey in 2024-25, 89.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Personal Service Manager, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Business/Commerce, Hospitality Administration/Management, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. Together they graduate about 7,823 people a year in New Jersey.

How much do personal service managers, all other earn in New Jersey?+

The median is $77,350 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 10.9% above the U.S. median of $69,770. 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 personal service managers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +6.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 2,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Jersey?+

51 institutions in New Jersey reported graduates from at least one of the 4 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 personal service managers, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Spa Manager, Spa Director, Salon Manager, Fitness Director, Fitness Coordinator, Fitness and Wellness Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9179.

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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 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected 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 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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