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Medical and Health Services Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

Also called: Cancer Center Director, Clinical Director, Health Information Management Director (HIM Director), Health Information Manager (HIM Manager), Healthcare System Director, Medical Records Director

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Median pay in Greater Boston
$136,760
$65.75/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
12,990
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+20.4%
1,970 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Bachelor's degree
Less than 5 years of related work experience

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$89,920$107,900$136,760$188,550$308,080

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
  • Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
  • Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
  • Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
  • Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
  • Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure77 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 83
  • Language-model AIOE 87
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 60

Observed AI use today: Some (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is higher, and some AI use has been observed. AI tools can help with record systems, reports, budgets, and keeping up with changing rules and billing. Leading clinical and support staff and running health programs still rely on people. Demand is projected to grow 20.4% in Massachusetts as health care gets more complex.

Likely to change

  • Preparing reports and managing records
  • Budget and financial reporting work

Still relies on people

  • Leading and evaluating medical and support staff
  • Coordinating programs across care teams

What federal projections say

“Demand change - share increases as the growing complexity of healthcare delivery increases the demand for medical and health services managers.”
BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, factors affecting this job (U.S.)

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