Business and finance
Management Analyst in San Francisco
74 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 74 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution14%10 of 74 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- PMPProject Management Institute1%
- CFA Level ICFA Institute1%
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution1%1 of 74 postingsAccredited institution →
- Salesforce Certified AdministratorSalesforce1%
- CPAAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy3%
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Bachelor’s degree57%
- Master’s degree24%
- Some college, no degree10%
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
O*NET 13-1111.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
System Canada Technologies · 360 IT Professionals · SpaceX · OpenAI · Anthropic · Deegit Inc · Intuitive Surgical · Harvey · Infojini Inc · Instawork · Rocket Lab · USM · Verkada · Zoox · Antora Energy · Ask IT Consulting · Baseten · Culture Amp · Flexport · Hinge Health · Klaviyo · Notion · Perplexity · Redwood Materials · Ridgeline · Robinhood · SBT Global · Sierra · Walmart
The same role elsewhere
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