Construction Superintendent salary
What a construction superintendent actually earns, from 87 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 2026-09-22.
What the number means
A construction superintendent earns a blended US median near 109,846 dollars, with the typical middle running from 88,046 dollars to 127,091 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 19 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is project engineer, at 70 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open construction superintendent roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
Site Manager / Construction Supervisor at AfryVaasa, FITodayUnlock- Polier;in Tunnelbau (m/w/d) 80–100%, Ligerz at Leteam Ressources HumainesLigerz, Bern, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Polier/in Strassenbau (m/w/d) at Leteam Ressources HumainesZürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Polier, Vorarbeiter, Betonwerker at Hochuli AGKölliken, Aargau, Switzerland1d agoApply- Polier Hochbau (m/w/d) at Wigumar AG, Zweigniederlassung BülachEmbrach, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Polier/in Gleisbau 100% at Provia Personal AGZofingen, Aargau, Switzerland1d agoApply
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a construction superintendent profile already covers.
- 3723 open project manager roles$123,477 median · +$13,631 · 36% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a construction superintendent.
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Related salaries
- Project Engineer salary$108,297 median
- Construction Manager salary$100,720 median
- Executive Assistant salary$73,435 median
Quick answers
How much does a construction superintendent make?
The blended US median is about 109,846 dollars, with a typical range from 88,046 dollars to 127,091 dollars.
Is construction superintendent a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a construction superintendent move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is project engineer, at 70 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 47-1011. Live corpus 87 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.