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State comparison · 2025

Construction Managers salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts

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Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In Kentucky, $97,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 33.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kentucky

Construction Managers

Median
$97,020
p25
$74,380
p75
$134,230
p10
$53,850
p90
$195,530
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.2
Hiring velocity (180d)
+400%
See full breakdown for Kentucky

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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.