State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: Arizona vs California
Construction Managers in California earn a median of $133,160. In Arizona, $114,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.9%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-5.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Construction Managers
- Median
- $114,680
- p25
- $95,200
- p75
- $136,350
- p10
- $77,990
- p90
- $168,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
California
Construction Managers
- Median
- $133,160
- p25
- $102,780
- p75
- $168,070
- p10
- $82,100
- p90
- $211,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.