Management
Construction Managers
SOC 11-9021
Plan and oversee building projects from groundbreaking to final inspection.
The job
Median pay
$115k
$89k to $152k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+9.1% projected
Openings a year
50k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
10/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
49th pct
More exposed than 49% of occupations · modeled estimate · 51st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
61/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 59,060 | 4.2 | 1.7× | $101k |
| California | 34,750 | 1.9 | 0.8× | $133k |
| Florida | 34,010 | 3.4 | 1.4× | $113k |
| Illinois | 19,160 | 3.1 | 1.3× | $109k |
| North Carolina | 16,310 | 3.3 | 1.4× | $107k |
| Ohio | 16,130 | 2.9 | 1.2× | $102k |
| Colorado | 12,550 | 4.4 | 1.8× | $125k |
| Georgia | 10,740 | 2.2 | 0.9× | $111k |
| New York | 10,280 | 1.1 | 0.4× | $155k |
| Arizona | 9,910 | 3.1 | 1.3× | $115k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 9,870 | 2.7 | 1.1× | $145k |
| Michigan | 9,620 | 2.2 | 0.9× | $103k |
| Alabama | 8,560 | 4.0 | 1.7× | $97k |
| Virginia | 7,290 | 1.8 | 0.7× | $119k |
| New Jersey | 6,910 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $138k |
| Pennsylvania | 6,840 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $108k |
| Wisconsin | 6,080 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $114k |
| Washington | 6,010 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $155k |
| Tennessee | 5,860 | 1.8 | 0.7× | $110k |
| Minnesota | 5,800 | 2.0 | 0.8× | $123k |
| Maryland | 5,770 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $128k |
| South Carolina | 5,620 | 2.4 | 1.0× | $108k |
| Louisiana | 5,530 | 2.9 | 1.2× | $110k |
| Indiana | 5,450 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $106k |
| Utah | 4,500 | 2.6 | 1.1× | $105k~ |
| Nevada | 4,460 | 2.9 | 1.2× | $115k |
| Oregon | 4,300 | 2.2 | 0.9× | $131k |
| Missouri | 3,680 | 1.3 | 0.5× | $112k |
| Connecticut | 3,620 | 2.1 | 0.9× | $125k |
| Nebraska | 3,430 | 3.3 | 1.4× | $101k |
| Iowa | 3,070 | 2.0 | 0.8× | $99k |
| Kentucky | 2,990 | 1.5 | 0.6× | $97k |
| Kansas | 2,960 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $121k |
| Hawaii | 2,890 | 4.6 | 1.9× | $129k |
| New Mexico | 2,480 | 2.8 | 1.2× | $105k |
| Arkansas | 2,280 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $86k |
| Idaho | 2,280 | 2.7 | 1.1× | $105k |
| Montana | 2,140 | 4.2 | 1.7× | $104k |
| Oklahoma | 1,980 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $101k |
| Alaska | 1,720 | 5.3 | 2.2× | $139k |
| Mississippi | 1,640 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $100k |
| Maine | 1,460 | 2.3 | 0.9× | $110k |
| North Dakota | 1,450 | 3.4 | 1.4× | $102k |
| Washington DC | 1,250 | 1.8 | 0.7× | $126k |
| South Dakota | 1,070 | 2.3 | 1.0× | $118k |
| Vermont | 930 | 3.1 | 1.3× | $103k |
| New Hampshire | 660 | 1.0 | 0.4× | $129k |
| Delaware | 610 | 1.3 | 0.5× | $132k |
| West Virginia | 600 | 0.9 | 0.3× | $96k |
| Wyoming | 577 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $92k~ |
| Rhode Island | 450 | 0.9 | 0.4× | $104k |
Top metro areas
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX17,110 jobs · $104k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX16,500 jobs · $104k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN13,850 jobs · $117k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ12,120 jobs · $158k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA10,120 jobs · $132k median
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ8,170 jobs · $118k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH7,570 jobs · $156k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA7,470 jobs · $120k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Construction Managers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.