Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Construction Managers
Construction Managers plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Construction Managers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $56,880 to $73,460 per year or $27 to $35 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Construction Managers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $81 | $169,070 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $62 | $128,860 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $47 | $97,180 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $35 | $73,460 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $27 | $56,880 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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NJ | $73 | $152,250 |
NY | $68 | $140,700 |
DE | $64 | $132,930 |
CA | $62 | $128,050 |
HI | $59 | $122,080 |
CT | $57 | $118,610 |
RI | $57 | $117,820 |
PA | $56 | $117,130 |
WI | $56 | $116,510 |
MA | $54 | $113,200 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Construction Manager is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NJ doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NJ might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Construction Managers are in the states of NJ, NY, DE, CA and HI.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $138910 | $66.78 |
Oil and Gas Extraction | $137330 | $66.03 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | $132780 | $63.84 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $131560 | $63.25 |
Telecommunications | $131280 | $63.12 |
Real Estate | $130900 | $62.93 |
Chemical Manufacturing | $129720 | $62.37 |
Natural Gas Distribution | $128190 | $61.63 |
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | $125360 | $60.27 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $125050 | $60.12 |
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $124790 | $60.00 |
Specialty Hospitals | $124320 | $59.77 |
Ship and Boat Building | $124310 | $59.76 |
Rail Transportation | $122610 | $58.95 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $122100 | $58.70 |
Support Activities for Water Transportation | $121280 | $58.31 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $120150 | $57.77 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $119150 | $57.28 |
Nondepository Credit Intermediation | $118250 | $56.85 |
Support Activities for Mining | $117940 | $56.70 |
Amusement Parks and Arcades | $117790 | $56.63 |
Truck Transportation | $117160 | $56.33 |
Waste Treatment and Disposal | $116340 | $55.93 |
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction | $114540 | $55.07 |
Land Subdivision | $114010 | $54.81 |
Metal Ore Mining | $112760 | $54.21 |
Employment Services | $112640 | $54.15 |
Individual and Family Services | $112120 | $53.91 |
Other Pipeline Transportation | $110820 | $53.28 |
Office Administrative Services | $110800 | $53.27 |