State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In California, $133,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 8.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.2%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.2%
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%
Massachusetts
Construction Managers
- Median
- $145,010
- p25
- $127,020
- p75
- $173,520
- p10
- $104,100
- p90
- $216,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.