Management and business and financial operations occupations

The Management and business and financial operations occupations section of the Occupational Outlook Handbook consists of:

Relative Pay

Metropolitan Area Relative Pay for Management and business and financial operations occupations

source: National Compensation Survey; about this section

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

Full-time wage and salary workers, 2004
Employment Median weekly earnings
$ W/M ratio
Women
(emp.) (earn.) 6,609,000 $812 0.701
Men
(emp.) (earn.) 8,170,000 $1,158
All workers
(emp.) (earn.) 14,778,000 $965

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex (Percent distribution), 2004

Occupation	Percent distribution: Race, ethnicity, and sex
Occupation	sex	Total	White	Black	Asian	Hisp.
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	T	14.5%	15.3%	9.4%	15.1%	7.2%
	W	13.2%	13.6%	9.9%	14.6%	7.8%
	M	15.7%	16.6%	8.9%	15.5%	6.8%

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

• Union affiliation of employed wage & salary workers
• Median weekly earnings of full-time wage & salary workers

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

Employed persons: 15,955,000
Members of unions		Represented by unions
Number	Percent	Number	Percent
793,000	5.0%	939,000	5.9%
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source: Current Population Survey; about this section

Employed wage and salary workers paid hourly rates and those with earnings at or below the Federal minimum wage, 2004

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

Average hours worked per day at main job only by employed persons on weekdays and weekend days by occupation, 2004 annual averages

Occupation	Hours & percentage working by day
	Average day		Average weekday		Average Sat., Sun., and holiday
	Percent	Hours	Percent	Hours	Percent	Hours
Management, business, and financial operations	75.5	7.72	91.7	8.15	33.3	4.64

Average hours worked per day at main job only by employed persons at workplace or home by occupation, 2004 annual averages

Occupation	Hours & percentage working at workplace or home
	At workplace		At home
	Percent	Hours	Percent	Hours
Management, business, and financial operations	79.9	8.26	26.4	3.20

source: American Time Use Survey; about this section

Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers, 2004

Occupation	Employee Tenure, median (years)
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	5.5

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

2004 Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure

Occupation	Fatalities: Event or exposure
Occupation	Total	Tran.	Viol.	Cont.	Falls	Expo.	Fires
Operations specialties managers	43	14	15	4	7	-	-
Other management occupations	540	230	87	124	53	26	20
Agricultural managers	323	161	31	97	15	12	7
Miscellaneous managers	47	16	16	4	4	4	3

source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Program; about this section

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business / mgmt jobs

All full-time wage and salary workers	$997
— Members of unions	$1,015
— Represented by unions	$1,029
— Non-union	$995
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