State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In Iowa, $99,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Construction Managers
- Median
- $99,280
- p25
- $78,890
- p75
- $130,920
- p10
- $65,260
- p90
- $167,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.