Every occupation the official NCES/BLS crosswalk connects to healthcare administration programs, with BLS pay, the education each job usually needs, what the work involves, and where to go next.
Healthcare Administration · CIP 51.07 series · 24 codes · 16 careers · Check one exact major, e.g. 51.0701 Health/Health Care Administration/Management, in the major to career finder
The official NCES/BLS crosswalk maps healthcare administration programs to 16 occupations that such programs typically prepare people for, including Hospital Administrator, Facilities Manager and Office Manager. BLS median pay across them runs from $40,410 (Medical Transcriptionist) to $129,180 (Cyber Security Analyst) in May 2025. The crosswalk describes preparation, not what graduates actually go on to do.
Data Program → related occupations: these are jobs healthcare administration programs typically prepare people for (NCES/BLS crosswalk). Not a guaranteed outcome, and not a record of what graduates do.
Data Filter by the education the job usually needs or its preparation level; sort by pay or by number employed.
| Occupation | Most common education | Job Zone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Manager | $69,500 | 1,436,680 | Bachelor's Degree | 3 |
| Medical Secretary | $45,930 | 961,610 | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 1-2 |
| Medical Assistant | $45,690 | 817,870 | n/a | 3 |
| IT Support Specialist | $61,860 | 717,190 | n/a | 3 |
| Hospital Administrator | $123,860 | 597,080 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Compliance Officer | $80,730 | 417,070 | n/a | 4 |
| Claims Adjuster | $78,000 | 324,230 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Administrative Services Manager | $114,130 | 263,960 | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 3 |
| Medical Coder | $51,140 | 194,720 | n/a | 3 |
| Cyber Security Analyst | $129,180 | 190,650 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $104,590 | 180,470 | Master's Degree | 5 |
| Facilities Manager | $106,660 | 156,180 | Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 3 |
| Computer Programmer | $100,390 | 92,230 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Business Teachers, PostsecondaryPostsecondary teaching | $99,080 | 82,150 | Doctoral Degree | 5 |
| Medical Transcriptionist | $40,410 | 41,550 | Post-Secondary Certificate | 3 |
| Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars | $68,020 | 38,100 | n/a | 3 |
No occupations match these filters.
Data The education column shows a typical entry level only where O*NET data supports one answer. Check the typical education for Facilities Manager, one of the healthcare administration jobs above.
Data BLS national median annual wage, May 2025. These are pay levels of the occupations, not earnings of graduates.
Data The largest related occupations by employment (postsecondary teaching shown in the explorer).
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.
Speaking · Critical Thinking · Social Perceptiveness
Career guide Salary How to become
Mapped from CIP 51.0701, 51.0702Monitor the facility to ensure that it remains safe, secure, and well-maintained.
Oversee the maintenance and repair of machinery, equipment, and electrical and mechanical systems.
Speaking · Reading Comprehension · Active Listening
Mapped from CIP 51.0702Supervise the work of office, administrative, or customer service employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures, correcting errors or problems.
Resolve customer complaints or answer customers' questions regarding policies and procedures.
Social Perceptiveness · Coordination · Reading Comprehension
Mapped from CIP 51.0705, 51.0711Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
Review records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.
Reading Comprehension · Critical Thinking · Active Listening
Mapped from CIP 51.0706, 51.0707Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
Active Listening · Reading Comprehension · Writing
Mapped from CIP 51.0708Data Related occupations grouped by government career field, with their pay range.
Data Other programs whose crosswalk occupations overlap with these.
Data A national median for federal-aid graduates of this field: a separate measure from the BLS job pay above.
See earnings by degree level, college spread and federal debt.
The NCES/BLS crosswalk relates instructional programs (CIP 2020) to occupations (SOC 2018) when programs in the CIP category typically prepare individuals directly for jobs in the occupation. This page uses the CIP program series below and shows every non-residual occupation mapped to them that has BLS wages and O*NET data; each occupation lists the CIP codes that map to it.
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