State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: California vs Colorado
Construction Managers in California earn a median of $133,160. In Colorado, $124,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.7%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Construction Managers
- Median
- $124,830
- p25
- $98,890
- p75
- $153,420
- p10
- $78,160
- p90
- $191,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.