Construction Manager salary
What a construction manager actually earns, from 709 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 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see construction manager pay in the 2 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 95,888 dollars, with the typical middle running from 80,343 dollars to 128,312 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 94,104 dollars to 128,370 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is facilities manager, at 36 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.
- Junior Baumanager Wind / Junior Construction Manager Wind (m/w/d)ENOVA Unternehmensgruppe · HamburgJul 14
- Site Manager im Anlagenbau (m/w/d)Beyond Projects 360 GmbH · CologneJul 14
- INTERDISCIPLINARY SENIOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERNaval Facilities Engineering Systems Command · Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Virginia$108k–$140kJul 1
- Civil Construction Manager / InspectorOlsson · Omaha, NEJul 1
- Senior Construction ManagerHellofresh · Boulder, Colorado, United States$107kJun 22
- Global Real Estate Construction ManagerAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$275kJun 18
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$80,343 – $128,312 · median $95,888
- United Kingdom$78,568 – $107,547 · median $92,319
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $136,180
- Californiamedian $129,000
- Coloradomedian $113,520
- Wisconsinmedian $113,170
- Virginiamedian $107,000
- Michiganmedian $103,610
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Related salaries
- Facilities Manager salary$95,609 median
- Construction Estimator salary$85,949 median
- Environmental Engineer salary$103,880 median
Quick answers
How much does a construction manager make?
The blended US median is about 95,888 dollars, with a typical range from 80,343 dollars to 128,312 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 106,980 dollars.
Is construction manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a construction manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is facilities manager, at 36 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 709 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.