State comparison · 2025
Construction Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Construction Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $145,010. In North Carolina, $106,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Construction Managers
- Median
- $106,640
- p25
- $83,990
- p75
- $137,510
- p10
- $68,960
- p90
- $176,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.