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Business and Financial Operations

Management Analysts

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

Also called: Administrative Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Consultant, Employment Programs Analyst, Management Analyst, Management Consultant

Median pay in Greater Boston
$135,640
$65.21/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
26,450
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+3.0%
2,870 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
$83,380$104,210$135,640$168,800$218,830

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

What you’d do

  • Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
  • Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
  • Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
  • Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
  • Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
  • Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.

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 exposure91 of 100

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

  • AIOE 97
  • Language-model AIOE 96
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 80

Observed AI use today: Substantial (Anthropic Economic Index)

Management analysts have higher AI exposure, and observed AI use in this work is substantial. AI tools can help gather and organize information, look through data, and draft reports and recommendations. Talking with the people affected by a change and helping new systems work in real life still depend on people. The job is likely to shift toward judgment and communication, not disappear.

Likely to change

  • Gathering and organizing information on problems
  • Analyzing data and drafting written recommendations

Still relies on people

  • Conferring with staff on new systems
  • Planning studies around real organizational problems

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

81 programs near Boston (plus 71 graduate)

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