Construction Managers salary

SOC 11-9021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$114,990

per year, nationally

Middle half

$88,550–$151,640

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

380,360

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+8.7%

46,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$69,690$189,440

10th: $69,690
25th: $88,550
Median: $114,990
75th: $151,640
90th: $189,440

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where construction managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York	$155,360	107.9	10,280	0.43×
2	Washington	$155,070	107.0	6,010	0.69×
3	Massachusetts	$145,010	105.8	9,870	1.11×
4	Alaska	$139,190	102.4	1,720	2.16×
5	New Jersey	$138,230	108.8	6,910	0.66×
6	California	$133,160	110.7	34,750	0.78×
7	Delaware	$132,150	99.8	610	0.51×
8	Oregon	$131,420	103.4	4,300	0.89×
9	New Hampshire	$129,260	104.2	660	0.39×
10	Hawaii	$128,910	110.0	2,890	1.89×
11	Maryland	$128,330	105.0	5,770	0.85×
12	District of Columbia	$126,430	109.9	1,250	0.73×
13	Connecticut	$125,190	103.6	3,620	0.87×
14	Colorado	$124,830	103.1	12,550	1.79×
15	Minnesota	$123,400	98.6	5,800	0.80×
16	Kansas	$120,810	90.1	2,960	0.84×
17	Virginia	$119,110	101.1	7,290	0.73×
18	South Dakota	$118,380	88.6	1,070	0.95×
19	Nevada	$115,250	100.0	4,460	1.18×
20	Arizona	$114,680	100.7	9,910	1.25×
21	Wisconsin	$114,190	94.1	6,080	0.84×
22	Florida	$113,130	103.4	34,010	1.40×
23	Missouri	$112,230	90.8	3,680	0.51×
24	Georgia	$110,810	96.3	10,740	0.90×
25	Tennessee	$110,200	91.9	5,860	0.73×
26	Maine	$110,070	97.0	1,460	0.93×
27	Louisiana	$110,010	88.2	5,530	1.17×
28	Illinois	$109,160	100.0	19,160	1.28×
29	Pennsylvania	$108,250	97.6	6,840	0.46×
30	South Carolina	$108,110	93.7	5,620	1.00×
31	North Carolina	$106,640	94.3	16,310	1.35×
32	Indiana	$106,390	93.3	5,450	0.70×
33	Utah	$105,200	98.9	—	—
34	Idaho	$104,600	95.5	2,280	1.09×
35	New Mexico	$104,550	92.2	2,480	1.17×
36	Montana	$104,480	94.6	2,140	1.71×
37	Rhode Island	$103,990	102.3	450	0.37×
38	Vermont	$103,450	98.0	930	1.26×
39	Michigan	$103,230	96.2	9,620	0.89×
40	North Dakota	$102,070	89.0	1,450	1.38×
41	Ohio	$101,980	92.8	16,130	1.19×
42	Texas	$101,470	97.1	59,060	1.72×
43	Nebraska	$100,820	90.1	3,430	1.37×
44	Oklahoma	$100,690	87.8	1,980	0.47×
45	Mississippi	$99,520	87.0	1,640	0.58×
46	Iowa	$99,280	87.8	3,070	0.80×
47	Kentucky	$97,020	90.2	2,990	0.61×
48	Alabama	$96,960	88.8	8,560	1.66×
49	West Virginia	$95,740	89.5	600	0.35×
50	Wyoming	$92,320	92.7	—	—
51	Arkansas	$86,310	86.9	2,280	0.71×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where construction managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for construction managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$166,030	115.6	5,160	0.89×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$163,040	110.4	1,850	0.67×
3	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$159,860	102.4	110	0.87×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$159,430	111.1	4,010	0.78×
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$158,000	112.6	12,120	0.52×
6	Bellingham, WA	$156,580	103.3	210	0.92×
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$156,470	108.3	7,570	1.14×
8	Longview-Kelso, WA	$154,300	97.5	60	0.57×
9	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$152,100	109.4	310	0.47×
10	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$150,780	103.9	60	0.46×
11	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$149,900	100.1	320	1.01×
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$146,740	105.4	2,690	0.91×
13	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$142,500	103.7	160	0.50×
14	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$142,070	105.6	100	0.44×
15	Worcester, MA	$140,570	102.5	880	1.03×
16	Barnstable Town, MA	$140,080	98.4	200	0.87×
17	Yakima, WA	$139,480	95.5	60	0.24×
18	Napa, CA	$138,730	112.6	180	0.94×
19	Anchorage, AK	$137,980	105.4	900	2.08×
20	Fairbanks-College, AK	$137,470	103.2	180	2.02×
21	Rochester, NY	$134,940	97.0	490	0.40×
22	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$134,010	100.4	140	0.46×
23	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$133,980	105.7	160	0.32×
24	Vineland, NJ	$133,920	96.0	90	0.57×
25	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$133,210	111.9	3,800	1.01×
26	New Haven, CT	$133,120	104.6	570	0.83×
27	Syracuse, NY	$132,760	95.7	320	0.44×
28	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$132,620	108.8	290	0.59×
29	Springfield, MA	$132,590	96.1	400	0.82×
30	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$131,710	100.3	340	0.55×
31	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$131,680	113.6	10,120	0.66×
32	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$130,980	99.6	570	0.52×
33	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$130,810	109.4	360	1.99×
34	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$130,700	110.5	580	0.73×
35	El Centro, CA	$130,630	95.2	60	0.38×
36	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$129,990	106.9	—	—
37	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$129,650	108.9	6,630	0.86×
38	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$129,440	106.7	2,760	1.04×
39	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$128,850	105.8	7,250	1.84×
40	Urban Honolulu, HI	$128,730	111.0	2,190	2.00×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where construction managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Managers, All Other$141,900
Medical and Health Services Managers$123,860
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$105,870
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$69,990
Food Service Managers$69,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers$171,270
Social and Community Service Managers$80,390
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$104,590