Construction Manager salary
What a construction manager actually earns, from 748 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see construction manager pay in the 4 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A construction manager earns a blended US median near 100,796 dollars, with the typical middle running from 80,313 dollars to 125,405 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 106,980 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 12 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 95,506 dollars to 114,997 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is vdc manager, at 20 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open construction manager roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Bauführer Bausanierung at Weiss + Appetito AGSolothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland1d agoApply
Bauführer/in – Bauingenieur/in at Walo Bertschinger AGDietikon, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Schichtleiter 100% at Studer Cables AGDäniken SO, Solothurn, Switzerland1d agoApply- Assistant Construction Superintendent-Traveling Role at CreatureBirmingham, AL1d agoApply
- Construction Manager - Federal Sector - NDER at Procon ConsultingHammond, IN1d agoApply
- Construction Manager at Wilson EngineersLas Vegas, NV1d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$80,313$100,796$125,405
- United Kingdom$81,862$95,506$112,560
- Canada$76,623$87,050$111,488
- Australia$89,594$120,056$143,350
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'594/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 13 Führungskräfte in der Produktion und bei spezialisierten Dienstleistungen: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 115'128 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$136,180
- New York$135,530
- Delaware$135,200
- California$129,000
- Maryland$128,500
- Hawaii$122,910
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a construction manager profile already covers.
- 13 open vdc manager roles$114,739 median · +$13,943 · 20% readiness
- 490 open hr manager roles$109,266 median · +$8,470 · 20% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a construction manager.
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Related salaries
- VDC Manager salary$114,739 median
- Construction Estimator salary$87,581 median
- Facilities Manager salary$92,230 median
Quick answers
How much does a construction manager make?
The blended US median is about 100,796 dollars, with a typical range from 80,313 dollars to 125,405 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 106,980 dollars.
What can a construction manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is vdc manager, at 20 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-9021. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Construction managers.” Live corpus 748 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.